OfS privacy

Consultation on the OfS strategy for 2025-30

This privacy statement tells you how your personal data will be used when you respond to our consultation on the OfS strategy for 2025-30.

Consultation on reforms to OfS registration requirements

How the personal information you submit will be held and used when you respond to our consultation on new conditions and other changes to registration.

Eventbrite privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect when the OfS collects personal information submitted within Eventbrite event registration forms

OfS webinars: Zoom privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you how your personal data will be used when you participate in an OfS webinar through Zoom

Privacy notice for the student events for the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and student outcomes consultations

This privacy notice tells you how your personal data will be used when you register and participate in a student workshop for our TEF and student outcomes consultations

NSS privacy notice

How personal information is used for the National Student Survey (NSS)

Privacy notice for NSS allegations

How we will use your personal information if you make an allegation of inappropriate influence

Privacy notice for the sexual misconduct survey 2024-25

This privacy notice tells you what to expect when Ipsos on behalf of the OfS collects personal information as part of a national prevalence survey of sexual misconduct in higher education.

Privacy notice: Applications to become members of the OfS panel of quality assessors

This privacy notice tells you how your personal data will be used when you apply to become a member of the OfS panel of quality assessors.

Privacy notice: Retained applications to become members of the OfS panel of quality assessors

This privacy notice tells you how your personal data will be used when you have previously applied to become a member of the OfS panel of quality assessors and have agreed that we may retain your application for future consideration.

Privacy notice: Student panel recruitment

This privacy notice tells you what to expect when the OfS collects personal information for student panel recruitment.

Discover Uni advisers and teachers survey privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you about how we will use personal information to make improvements to Discover Uni for advisers and teachers.

Discover Uni advisers and teachers survey privacy notice (Welsh)

This privacy notice tells you about how we will use personal information to make improvements to Discover Uni for advisers and teachers (Welsh version).

Privacy notice for evaluation of the OfS's access and participation reforms

This privacy notice tells you what to expect when your personal information is collected via telephone interviews conducted by Shift Learning as part of the evaluation of access and participation reforms.​

Privacy notice for the Qualitative Provider Perceptions research project

This privacy notice sets out the personal information we will collect and use as part of the Qualitative Provider Perceptions research project.

Privacy notice for the arrangements for the transfer of students from The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA)

This privacy notice explains the OfS's use of students' personal information to facilitate the arrangements for the transfer of their studies from ALRA to Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance or another provider of higher education

Submissions to Specialist Panel to be considered a world-leading specialist provider

This privacy notice sets out how the personal information that we will collect from submissions will be used

Nominations of individuals to become members of the OfS specialist provider panel

This privacy notice explains the uses that will be made of personal information about the nominee and the nominating body.

Technopolis privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you how your personal data will be used to enable Technopolis to implement its evaluation of the Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO).

Student News email newsletter privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you how the personal information you submit when you subscribe to our Student News (formerly Student spotlight) email newsletter will be held and used.

OfS analysis of social media

This privacy notice sets out how the OfS will use media monitoring tools to identify and analyse trends in communication.

Review of apprenticeships

This privacy notice explains how personal information will be used in a review of the design and ongoing quality management of Level 6 and 7 degree apprenticeships within higher education.

Digital teaching and learning review: Call for evidence privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you how your personal data will be used should you choose to give it when responding to our digital teaching and learning review call for evidence.