Protecting students if a provider is at risk of closure
If a university or other higher education provider is at risk of closure, its students will have fundamental questions about what that means for them.
Last updated: 07 Apr 2021
Blog postAll information about student protection and support
Major shake-up for National Student Survey following review
Major changes in the National Student Survey (NSS) will be introduced over the next two years following the first phase of a review of the survey conducted by the Office for Students.
Last updated: 30 Mar 2021
Press releaseNSS review: Phase one report
The report summarises the findings of the first phase of the 2020 National Student Survey (NSS) review and makes recommendations for the second phase of the review.
Last updated: 30 Mar 2021
PublicationClearer expectations on harassment for universities and colleges
The Office for Students (OfS) is re-launching its work to tackle harassment and sexual misconduct in higher education.
Last updated: 09 Feb 2021
Our newsAccess and continuation data by ethnicity, provider tariff group and subject group
This report summarises access and continuation data for full-time (or apprenticeship) UK-domiciled undergraduate entrants to English higher education providers between 2013-14 and 2018-19, split by ethnicity and provider tariff group. Continuation data is further split by subject group (STEM and not STEM).
Last updated: 16 Dec 2020
PublicationBeing a graduate is 'not a guarantee of happiness'
The OfS's analysis of graduate wellbeing has been broadly covered in the media.
Last updated: 11 Dec 2020
Media coverageGraduate wellbeing recorded in the Graduate Outcomes survey
This report summarises the wellbeing of graduates as reported in the Graduate Outcomes survey, which graduates have responded to 15 months after completing their higher education course.
Last updated: 08 Dec 2020
PublicationJoin Your AI Future: Postgraduate conversion courses show increased diversity
New data for artificial (AI) and data science postgraduate conversion courses shows greater diversity, including high admissions from Black students, women and disabled students.
Last updated: 30 Nov 2020
Blog postFlexible learning can improve diversity and inclusion in higher education
The OfS-funded Institute of Coding is finding that flexible, modular, digital skills education can improve diversity in learner cohorts and the tech workforce.
Last updated: 27 Nov 2020
Blog postDifferences in student outcomes - further characteristics
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.
Last updated: 26 Nov 2020
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