Welcome to OFFA
Promoting fair access to higher education
The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) is an independent public body that helps safeguard and promote fair access to higher education. The main way we do this is by approving and monitoring 'access agreements'. All English universities and colleges that want to charge higher fees must have an 'access agreement' with us.
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What's new
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Universities spend £344 million of additional fee income on access measures, says OFFA
August 5th, 2010 -
UCAS applications for England up 10.6 % for 2010 entry
July 16th, 2010 -
Director of Fair Access sets out way forward for widening access to highly selective universities
May 19th, 2010
Help for HE advisers
Brush up on your knowledge of bursaries with our handy new leaflet for HE advisers in schools and colleges - download it from http://www.offa.org.uk/publications/
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