Publications

The impacts of care experience, free school meal eligibility, parental higher education, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, estrangement and household residual income on outcomes in higher education.

This briefing note looks at the practical steps universities and colleges are taking to help disabled students during the pandemic and beyond.

This paper contains analysis of the 2018-19 sector aggregate data based on submissions from higher education institutions in England and Northern Ireland. Also provided is a summary of UK sector data.

Update on the OfS’s approach to regulation and information about deadlines for data returns - letter to accountable officers, 19 June 2020

This briefing note looks at some of the ways in which universities, colleges and employers are working with students to help them on their journey into employment.

This note explores the particular challenges postgraduate research students are facing during the pandemic, and highlights the practical ways in which universities, colleges, research organisations, higher education sector bodies and research funders have been supporting them.

Letter from Sir Michael Barber, Chair of the Office for Students, to Robert Halfon MP, Chair of the Education Select Committee.

This document provided guidance for registered providers about how the Office for Students (OfS) approached the regulation of student protection during the period of disruption resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This guidance applied from 9 June 2020 and is no longer in effect as of 12 May 2022.

This briefing note looks at how universities, colleges and others are responding to the challenges of delivering high-quality information, advice and guidance to prospective students through different channels, especially in the context of imminent decision deadlines.

The Office for Students has published its 2019-20 annual report and accounts. The report covers the OfS’s second year of operation, and our progress to date in delivering against our regulatory objectives.