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The Office for Students has welcomed the appointment by Ministers of Professor Chris Millward as interim Director for Fair Access and Participation.

John Blake's four-year term as the Director for Fair Access and Participation at the Office for Students (OfS) ends this year. The Secretary of State will be appointing an interim Director for Fair Access and Participation while an open and fair recruitment to the role takes place.

The Office for Students (OfS) has published new data that shows evidence of weaker outcomes for students taught under subcontractual arrangements.

New freedom of speech guidance includes examples of how universities and colleges might best respond to a range of scenarios.

We plan to accept new applications from 28 August 2025, with priority for assessment given to institutions with existing applications that were paused last year.

The Student Interest Board will advise the OfS's board, inform policy development, help the OfS to understand students’ perspectives, and challenge it to act in their interests.

Our revised approach to transnational education (TNE) and partnerships data collection will now collect data using the expanded Aggregate Offshore Record (AOR), pause the implementation of individualised records for TNE students, and ask institutions with new award-only partnerships to submit reportable events.

Applications will be accepted in August 2025, with priority for assessment given to institutions with existing applications that were paused last year.

The Department for Education has announced that Professor Edward Peck is the government’s preferred candidate to be the new chair of the Office for Students (OfS).

The report highlights a range of issues and challenges encountered during implementation of the first Data Futures data collection and sets out recommendations for the next phase of the programme.