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Publications

You can access all our publications from this page, including our strategic plan and annual reports. The documents are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format which you can read using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Many of our publications are also available in print. To order a copy, email enquiries@offa.org.uk or call us on 0117 931 7171.

 Research, guidance and other publications 

2010

Title Size Date Reference

Access agreement monitoring: Outcomes for 2008-09

Our third monitoring report, giving the results of our monitoring of access agreements in 2008-09

View press release

 362KB  August 2010  2010/05

What more can be done to widen access to highly selective universities?

Report by Sir Martin Harris on access to highly selective universities

View press release

 1.94MB  May 2010  2010/03

Bursary leaflet for HE advisers in schools and colleges

Contains the key information you will need to advise your students about bursaries for 2010-11.

Text only version

 323KB

[Text only version: 91 KB]

 April 2010  2010/02

Submission by OFFA to the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance

This was our submission to the Review’s first call for evidence


 867KB January 2010
 2010/01

2009

Title Size Date Reference

Awareness, take-up and impact of institutional bursaries and scholarships in England

This summary and recommendations document summarises the key findings of national research exploring the awareness, take-up and impact of institutional bursaries and scholarships in England.

Download individual reports

There are four individual reports on which the summary and recommendations document (see above) draws. These explore awareness, take-up and impact from the perspective of full-time undergraduate students, their parents, higher education institutions, and higher education advisors in schools and further education colleges.

View press release

1.55MB December 2009

2009/07

Good practice guide: How to increase awareness, knowledge and take-up of bursaries and scholarships

This good practice guide for universities and colleges offers practical advice and tips on how they can increase awareness, knowledge and take-up of bursaries and scholarships. It is based on national research undertaken by Professor Claire Callender, Birkbeck, University of London and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

329KB December 2009

2009/06

Access agreement monitoring 2008-09 (SCITTs)

Guidance for School Centred Initial Teacher Training providers on how to complete their access agreement monitoring return for 2008-09

219KB
October 2009
2009/05

Access agreement monitoring 2008-09 (FECs)

Guidance for Further Education Colleges on how to complete their access agreement monitoring return for 2008-09

381KB
October 2009
2009/04

Access agreement monitoring 2008-09 (HEIs)

Guidance for Higher Education Institutions on how to complete their access agreement monitoring return for 2008-09

385KB
October 2009
2009/03

Access agreement monitoring: Outcomes for 2007-08

Our second monitoring report, giving the results of our monitoring of access agreements in 2007-08

View press release

291KB
March 2009
2009/02

Request for widening participation strategic assessments (re-directs to HEFCE website)

This HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) publication gives guidance to institutions on what to include in their new widening participation strategic assessments.

N/A
January 2009
HEFCE 2009/01

2008

Title Size Date Reference

Access agreement monitoring 2007-08

(FECs and SCITTs)

Sets out the information we need from FECs and SCITTs for our monitoring of access agreements in 2007-08

355KB

July 2008
2008/04

Access agreement monitoring 2007-08

(HEIs)

Sets out the information we need from HEIs for our monitoring of access agreements in 2007-08

250KB
July 2008
2008/03

Access agreement monitoring: Outcomes for 2006-07

Our first monitoring report, giving the results of our monitoring of access agreements in 2006-07

View press release

N/A
January 2008
2008/01

2007

Title Size Date Reference

Access agreement monitoring 2006-07

Sets out the information we need from institutions for our monitoring of access agreements in 2006-07

236KB
March 2007
2007/01

Improving information: HEIs’ provision of online financial information

This research study by Ipsos Mori includes best practice on how institutions can make their online financial information clear and accessible.

1.7MB
February 2007
N/A

2005

Title Size Date Reference

Producing access agreements: OFFA guidance to School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITTs) providers

Bespoke guidance for SCITTs on how to produce an access agreement.

375KB October 2005 2005/02

2004

Title Size Date Reference

Producing access agreements: OFFA guidance to institutions

Our guidance to institutions setting out the information they need to include in access agreements.

175KB
November 2004
2004/01

Annual reports

Title Size Reference
Annual report and accounts 2009-10 8.23MB 2010/04
Annual report and accounts 2008-09 1.7MB
2009/03
Annual report and accounts 2007-08 1.8MB
2008/02
Annual report and accounts 2006-07 1.2MB
2007/02
Annual report and accounts 2005-06 1.2MB
2006/01
Annual report and accounts 2004-05 582KB
2005/01

Strategic plans

Title Size Reference


Strategic plan 2005-10 (updated February 2009)

Describes our strategic aims for the five-year period between 2005-10 and how we will measure our performance.

727K 2009/01

Strategic plan 2005-10

See above.

1MB 2005/03