Colleges, Office for Students

Office for Students slammed for lack of political independence

HE regulator ‘driven by the ebb and flow of short-term political priorities and media headlines’

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Opinion

The OfS is – mostly – correct to say colleges should work closely with schools

The benefits run both ways – but the OfS should not expect colleges to drive school improvement, writes Marion...

Jess Staufenberg
Marion Plant
Higher education

Crack down on ‘poor quality’ courses announced by Office for Students

Plans for tougher outcome measures and 'intrusive sanctions' announced

Will Nott
Will Nott
News

Colleges fail to win any OfS mental health funding

All three college bids for a £6 million fund to help reduce student mental health problems have been rejected....

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
Opinion

It is easy to conclude that the DfE are not serious about apprenticeship quality

This week we report that the Department for Education will announce that the Office for Students, not Ofsted, will...

Jessica Fino
Nick Linford