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The Department for Education has announced that Lord Wharton of Yarm has resigned as chair of the Office for Students (OfS).

As a non-departmental public body, the Office for Students is subject to Cabinet Office guidelines during the pre-election period. This means that, until the general election on 4 July 2024, we will be publishing less content than usual.

The Office for Students (OfS) has launched a consultation on City, University of London’s proposal to change its name to ‘City St George’s, University of London’.

The Office for Students (OfS) has received guidance from the Secretary of State for Education and the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education on the Higher Education Strategic Priorities Grant for the 2024-25 financial year.

Read the full transcript of a speech by Susan Lapworth, Chief Executive of the OfS, who spoke at the annual Association of Colleges Higher Education conference on Thursday 21 March.

The Office for Students (OfS) has announced £400,000 in funding to support the rising demand for the University Mental Health Charter.

The Office for Students (OfS) has today published two quality assessment reports, relating to the quality of business and management courses at Buckinghamshire New University and the University of Wolverhampton.

Watch the video or read the full transcript of a speech by John Blake, Director for Fair Access and Participation, who spoke at an Impetus third sector forum event on 18 January.

The Office for Students (OfS) has published a further 50 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) ratings of universities and colleges whose ratings were previously pending.

The Office for Students (OfS) has published summary statements from the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) panel explaining the rationale for the ratings awarded to 157 of the universities and colleges that took part in TEF 2023. Alongside this, the OfS has published the TEF submissions made by these universities and colleges and their students.