Online university lectures to be checked for quality
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  • Apr 12, 2022
‘No university immune’ as UK ministers order on-site inspections
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  • Apr 11, 2022
OfS has a new priorities letter from ministers
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  • Mar 31, 2022
Zahawi orders OfS to investigate ‘larger’ universities on quality
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  • Mar 31, 2022
28 things we learned from February’s OfS board papers
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  • Mar 25, 2022
Setting our future direction
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  • Mar 23, 2022
OfS launches new strategy targeting quality and standards
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  • Mar 23, 2022
Is OfS asleep or woke at the wheel?
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  • Mar 22, 2022
Why all the silence on higher education provider information?
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  • Mar 22, 2022
OfS needs to work on building trust over its plans for regulation of quality
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  • Mar 16, 2022
OfS chair defends tycoon amid ‘Russian-linked’ funding scrutiny
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Office for Students Russia Boycotts Ukraine Conflict
  • Mar 4, 2022
OfS, TEF and student outcomes
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  • Feb 4, 2022
Susan Lapworth to be interim head of English sector regulator
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  • Feb 2, 2022
Susan Lapworth appointed interim chief executive of OfS
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  • Feb 2, 2022
Universities 'should take note' of Sussex free speech row investigation
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University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom Transgender Office for Students Investigations
  • Jan 31, 2022
Wine tasters, super crunchers and King Canute – what do they tell us about the new regulatory burdens from the OfS?
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  • Jan 21, 2022
Crack down on ‘poor quality’ courses announced by Office for Students
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  • Jan 20, 2022
21 things we learned from December’s OfS Board Papers
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  • Jan 14, 2022
Christmas comes early as OfS leaves its annual under the tree
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Office for Students Regulation Annual review
  • Dec 1, 2021
‘More assertive’ OfS reassures universities on quality plans
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  • Dec 1, 2021
Universities told they must act on standards and abuse
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  • Dec 1, 2021
24 things we learned from September’s OfS board papers
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  • Nov 16, 2021
The next few years of OfS will be the same, but harsher
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  • Nov 12, 2021
OfS chief stepping down next spring
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Office for Students Leaders Nicola Dandridge
  • Nov 9, 2021
Nicola Dandridge to step down from Office for Students next year
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  • Nov 9, 2021
Giving up on spelling is a betrayal of the young
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  • Oct 7, 2021
Universities should take spelling and grammar into account when marking exams, England’s regulator says
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  • Oct 7, 2021
Poor spelling by students must not be tolerated, universities told
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  • Oct 7, 2021
How will universities score in the great OfS spelling bee?
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  • Oct 7, 2021
Universities ‘failing to mark down students’ for poor writing skills
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  • Oct 7, 2021
OfS threatens action on spelling and grammar standards
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  • Oct 7, 2021
Stop ignoring poor spelling, watchdog tells universities
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  • Oct 7, 2021
University grade inflation fears as tutors ignore poor English in policies to drive 'inclusivity'
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  • Oct 7, 2021
Listen to students over online learning - regulator
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  • Sep 18, 2021
Sixteen things we learned from March and April’s OfS board papers
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  • Jul 30, 2021
Good universities have nothing to fear from the OfS’s quality crackdown
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  • Jul 27, 2021
Warning against ‘politicised appointments’ as key OfS roles open
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  • May 10, 2021
Universities could face fines if they fail to crack down on sexual harassment
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  • Apr 19, 2021
Colleges face 'confusing' guidance on sexual harassment
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  • Apr 19, 2021
OfS tackling sexual abuse statement of expectations for colleges - AoC responds
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  • Apr 19, 2021
English regulator demands ‘urgent action’ on sexual harassment
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  • Apr 19, 2021
Michael Barber: did Office for Students’ first chair deliver?
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  • Apr 8, 2021
The year ahead: What students can expect from the OfS
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  • Mar 17, 2021
OfS investigates ‘conditional unconditional’ offer ban ‘breaches’
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  • Mar 17, 2021
University watchdog faces 'impartiality' questions
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  • Feb 19, 2021
Imperial College under investigation by OfS over bullying scandal
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Imperial College London Investigations Bullying Office for Students Regulation
  • Feb 14, 2021
Tory Cronyism has struck again – and higher education will suffer | Kate Green
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  • Feb 11, 2021
Croynism row as Boris Johnson's former campaign chief handed £60,000-a-year, two-days-a-week job
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  • Feb 10, 2021
'Cronyism' warning over Tory peer as student watchdog
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  • Feb 10, 2021
Tories accused of cronyism over universities watchdog Lord Wharton
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  • Feb 10, 2021
Former Tory MP in row over appointment as head of Office for Students
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  • Feb 10, 2021
Gavin Williamson slams outgoing chairman of student watchdog for failing to protect free speech on campuses
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  • Feb 9, 2021
New OfS chair Lord Wharton must resign Tory whip, says Labour
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  • Feb 9, 2021
OfS sets off in a new direction with new guidance and a new chair
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  • Feb 9, 2021
Committee endorse appointment of Chair of Office for Students
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  • Feb 5, 2021
OfS chair pick will keep Tory whip but ‘uphold independence’
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  • Feb 2, 2021
Independent student watchdog could keep Tory whip
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  • Feb 2, 2021
Former Tory MP picked to lead universities’ watchdog will keep party whip in House of Lords
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Office for Students
  • Feb 2, 2021
Pre-appointment hearing with candidate for Chair of the Office for Students
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  • Jan 28, 2021
How should the Education Select Committee grill Lord (James) Wharton of Yarm, the designated new Chair of the Office for Students?
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  • Jan 12, 2021
Education Secretary selects preferred candidate for new Office for Students Chair
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Office for Students
  • Dec 18, 2020
Row as Boris Johnson ally lined up for top job at Office for Students
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  • Dec 18, 2020
Five regulatory gifts under the tree from the Office for Students
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  • Dec 15, 2020
UCU response to Office for Students annual review
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Office for Students Regulation
  • Dec 3, 2020
English higher education 2020: The Office for Students annual review
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Office for Students Regulation
  • Dec 3, 2020
Students ‘actively encouraged’ to notify OfS of quality concerns
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  • Dec 3, 2020
Why we need a student panel
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  • Jun 8, 2020
The Office for Students? You ain’t seen nothing yet!
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  • Aug 1, 2019
'Grade inflation' means 80% more top degree grades
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Grade inflation Degrees Office for Students OfS
  • Jul 11, 2019
Rise in firsts ‘unexplained’ at most English universities
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Grade inflation Quality assessment OfS Office for Students Degrees
  • Dec 19, 2018
Telegraph view: Grade inflation at our universities has to end
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  • Dec 19, 2018
Universities face fines or being struck off if they keep handing out too many first-class degrees
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  • Dec 19, 2018
The number of students getting first-class degrees has soared in recent years
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Grade inflation OfS Office for Students Quality assessment Degrees
  • Dec 19, 2018
Universities told to end 'spiralling' grade inflation
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Grade inflation Degrees OfS Office for Students Quality assessment
  • Dec 19, 2018
Public confidence in higher education at risk amid 'spiralling' grade inflation at universities, regulator warns
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  • Dec 19, 2018
Grade inflation 'bigger at universities than colleges'
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  • Dec 19, 2018
University gives half its students a first-class degree
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  • Dec 19, 2018
Universities watchdog threatens fines over grade inflation
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  • Dec 19, 2018
Nicola Dandridge: Universities must embrace diversity
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  • Sep 23, 2018
Cambridge University plans free degrees for poorest students
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Widening access Cambridge University Bursaries Scholarships Diversity Office for Students Oxbridge Maintenance grants
  • Aug 18, 2018
A-level results day: Fears grow over unconditional university offers as some students stop attending school
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  • Aug 18, 2018
OfS responds to questions from the Education Committee hearing re value for money in HE
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Education Committee Office for Students Value for money
  • Apr 18, 2018
Education Committee asks for more representation of FE and apprenticeships on the OfS board
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Damian Hinds Robert Halfon Education Committee Office for Students OfS
  • Mar 23, 2018
Transcript of debate on the appointment of the board of the Office for Students
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Office for Students Toby Young
  • Feb 28, 2018
Letter from the commissioner for public appointments regarding the Office for Students
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Office for Students Robert Halfon
  • Feb 27, 2018
A crackdown on fat-cat university pay begins on New Years' Day
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Office for Students Vice Chancellors Pay
  • Jan 1, 2018
Toby Young to help lead government's new universities regulator
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  • Jan 1, 2018
Preferred candidate for Chair of Office for Students announced
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  • Feb 7, 2017
New chair of Office for Students
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  • Feb 7, 2017
Michael Barber’s appointment as Chair of the Office for Students
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  • Feb 7, 2017
Instructed to deliver: who is Michael Barber?
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  • Feb 7, 2017
Chair of Office for Students appointed
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  • Feb 7, 2017
Applications open for chair of new Office for Students
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  • Oct 27, 2016