John Blake writes a blog on the updated guidance, setting out the next steps for higher education providers in developing their access and participation plans for 2025-26 and student submissions to be submitted in 2024       To read the article click here

For the first time in almost a decade we have official figures on the income and expenditure of students. Jim Dickinson finds big differences between the haves and have-nots To read the article click here

The Office for Students (OfS) funded a ten-month action learning set project that brought together higher education and healthcare professionals to identify and solve problems around joined-up working to support student mental health. This report documents the main takeaways from the project. To read the article click here

Resetting the dial: getting to know the higher education sector and my regulatory priorities for the next 12 months

Read the full transcript of Philippa Pickford’s first major speech in the role of Director of Regulation at the Office for Students (OfS) to GuildHE members at its annual conference on 14 November. To read the transcript click here