DARK SECRETS: Office for students - The Real Truth

Three-quarters of higher education providers ‘could be in deficit by 2025-26’

The Office for Students said up to 72% of providers could fall below the line by 2025-26 based on current trends.

Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2024

Golden age of English universities could be over, says head of watchdog

Higher tuition fees and lifting visa restrictions could help with funding crisis, says Office for Students chair

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024

‘Universities which promote free speech help society as a whole’

Arif Ahmed, from the Office for Students, said it is essential that we learn to tolerate views that we find ‘find wrong-headed and even appalling’.

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

Number of rejected university speakers ‘sharply increased’ in 2020/21

The Office for Students says it will be concerned if ‘lawful views’ are being ‘stifled’.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022

Office for Students chair speaks at same event as denounced racist

Tory leaders urged to investigate after James Wharton appears at Cpac Hungary on same day as Zsolt Bayer

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2022

Schools tread ‘careful path’ between intolerance and being woke – Ofsted chief

Amanda Spielman also said the pandemic is still ‘looming large’ over the education system, from early years to universities.

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

MPs will ‘not let it lie’ after Tony Sewell stripped of degree

MP questions university’s commitment to freedom of speech on campus

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2022

Universities need to focus on students – not teach to targets – to help them succeed

The Office for Students, England’s higher education regulator, has outlined new proposals to ensure university students reach “acceptable outcomes” from their studies.

The Conversation · Jan 27, 2022