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Students at British Academy of Jewellery in London and its campuses in Birmingham, Leicester and Sheffield have been told their higher education courses will be closed from today.

Ahead of the confirmation and clearing period in the 2026 admissions cycle, the Office for Students (OfS) highlights its support of sector guidance on the use of unconditional conditional offer making.

The Office for Students (OfS) has published rules for a new freedom of speech complaints scheme which opens on 1 September.

Following a consultation, the Office for Students (OfS) is streamlining the way it regulates further education colleges (FECs) while continuing to ensure the interests of students on higher education courses at colleges are protected.

Nearly three quarters (71.8 per cent) of eligible final-year undergraduates across the four nations made their voices heard in the annual higher education experience survey.

The Office for Students (OfS) has received guidance from the government which sets out the Strategic Priorities Grant funding available for distribution in 2026-27.

Following a consultation, the Office for Students is introducing a new quality assessment system to provide students with a clear view of the quality of teaching and learning delivered by every registered university and college.

Independent research published by the OfS finds that undergraduate students in their first year of university or college are largely positive about their accommodation. It suggests that accommodation costs were a significant factor in deciding where to study for most students, and that students’ experiences of accommodation play a critical role in shaping their overall higher education experience.

New data from the OfS finds that, while the number of individual potential radicalisation cases managed by institutions overall has declined slightly, formal referrals to Prevent have increased by nearly 50 per cent.

On 9 January 2026 the Office for Students (OfS) opened an investigation of Global Banking School Limited and Oxford Brookes University, specifically in relation to Oxford Brookes University students taught by Global Banking School Limited through a partnership between the providers.