Press releases


OFFA responds to changes to student support system

UCAS applications for England up 10.1% for 2008

Universities spend 25% of additional fee income on access measures in 2006-7

OFFA welcomes Government announcement on student support package

OFFA publishes guidance on provision of online financial information for prospective students

OFFA response to latest UCAS figures

OFFA welcomes the announcement by Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell on plans for a new national student finance service

Higher education students in England will be able to apply for student loans and grants online at the same time as applying for their place at university, under new plans announced by the Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell.

Offering places at ‘discounted prices’ to fill course vacancies would be a risky approach warns OFFA

It is unlikely to be in the longer term interests of either students or universities and colleges to cut fees and/or increase bursaries late in the application cycle, says Sir Martin Harris, Director of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) [...]

Latest UCAS application figures remain encouraging

Underlying upward trend in UCAS application figures is reassuring says Director of OFFA