Students more confident with online learning than lecturers are about teaching digitally
The call comes as new polling suggests only 21 per cent of lecturers were ‘very confident’ they could design and deliver digital teaching during the…
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Coronavirus ‘no detriment’ policies lie behind the significant increase in first class honours
@OfficeStudents responds to @UKHESA statistics Commenting on today’s publication of student statistics by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of the…
New guide to help students raise concerns
The guide – released as part of the @OfficeStudents wider student engagement strategy – has been designed to facilitate and encourage students and their representatives…
Latest lockdown should not lead to lost learning, says regulator
In a letter sent to universities and colleges in England, the OfS (@officestudents) has detailed its actions in response to the disruption caused by the…
Education Secretary selects preferred candidate for new Office for Students Chair
The Education Secretary @GavinWilliamson has named Lord Wharton of Yarm as his preferred candidate to be the next Chair of the @OfficeStudents, following approval by…
Office for Students distributes additional hardship funding
The @OfficeStudents (OfS) has today (18 Dec) written to universities and colleges with details of additional funding of £20 million to help to address student…
OfS publishes new experimental measure on student outcomes
Details of the measure are set out in a new report (@officestudents), which also includes anonymised results by university, subject, and by subject within universities. The…
New OfS analysis examines differences in higher education access and continuation between different groups of students
The @OfficeStudents (OfS) has published a new analysis of differences on access and continuation rates in higher education between students from different ethnic groups. The…
Office for Students seeks views on approach to collaborative outreach
Through 29 local partnerships across the country, Uni Connect (@officestudents) provides long-term coordinated information, advice and guidance and outreach to support student progression to further and…
Regulator sets out how students can register concerns
@officestudents sets out how students can register concerns – New guidance issued by the Office for Students (OfS) has outlined how it will continue to respond…