Office for Students comments on HESA widening participation performance indicators
The Higher Education Statistics Agency has today released measures of how the UK higher education sector is performing.
Last updated: 07 Feb 2019
Press releaseAll information about equality of opportunity
National Collaborative Outreach Programme: Call for proposals to deliver phase two of the programme in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire
This call seeks expressions of interest from eligible higher education providers to deliver phase two of the National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP) in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.
Last updated: 04 Feb 2019
PublicationUnderstanding and overcoming the challenges of ethnicity targeting
This report identifies examples of existing effective practice in delivering targeted activities for students from different minority ethnic groups.
Last updated: 01 Feb 2019
PublicationEliminate equality gaps within 20 years
The Office for Students has today challenged all universities to eliminate the gaps in access and student success within 20 years.
Last updated: 13 Dec 2018
Media coverageOffice for Students: universities must eliminate equality gaps
The Office for Students (OfS), the higher education regulator, has today challenged all universities to eliminate the gaps in access and student success within 20 years.
Last updated: 13 Dec 2018
Press releaseA new approach to regulating access and participation in English higher education: Consultation outcomes
This document sets out the outcomes of our consultation relating to our approach to access and participation in higher education. It’s part of a wider review of how we regulate access and participation.
Last updated: 13 Dec 2018
PublicationUnderstanding the evaluation of access and participation outreach interventions for under-16-year-olds
This research aims to understand the nature of outreach activities for under 16-year-olds that are funded through access and participation investment, and how these are evaluated.
Last updated: 13 Dec 2018
PublicationOffice for Students responds to Sutton Trust report: Access to advantage
Chris Millward responds to new research on gaps in equality of opportunity.
Last updated: 07 Dec 2018
Press releaseOffice for Students responds to UCAS end of cycle report
Response from Chris Millward, Director for Fair Access and Participation at the Office for Students, to UCAS end of cycle report
Last updated: 06 Dec 2018
Press release2017-18 access agreements and student premium funding: Guidance on how to complete your monitoring return
This document sets out the information that the OfS requires from providers that had an approved access agreement from OFFA for 2017-18 and from providers that received student premium funding from HEFCE for 2017-18.
Last updated: 13 Nov 2018
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