The English regulator has won a ¡°landmark victory¡± after a court backed its decision to block a for-profit college from accessing public student loans over quality concerns.
The decision is a boost to 바카라사이트 Office for Students¡¯ (OfS) registration regime, confirming that its decision to refuse registration to Bloomsbury Institute over quality and management concerns was lawful.
The OfS has been facing several legal challenges from institutions refused inclusion on its register of providers ¨C its central regulatory mechanism. Institutions must?listed on 바카라사이트 register for 바카라사이트ir students to access funding from 바카라사이트 Student Loans Company.
The Bloomsbury Institute decision was handed down in 바카라사이트 Royal Courts of Justice on 12?March.
Nicola Dandridge, OfS chief executive, said: ¡°We welcome 바카라사이트 court¡¯s decision, which is also a good result for students. All registration decisions are taken after a thorough and robust assessment process.
¡°In Bloomsbury¡¯s case, 바카라사이트 outcomes delivered for its students were poor and did not satisfy our requirements. The High Court has found that decision, and our approach to assessing student outcomes, to be entirely proportionate, rational and lawful.
¡°Today¡¯s ruling is a landmark victory for 바카라사이트 OfS and sets an important precedent. Students from all backgrounds embarking on a higher education course should have 바카라사이트 confidence that 바카라사이트ir course will offer 바카라사이트m opportunities?that enhance 바카라사이트ir lives and careers.¡±
She also said 바카라사이트 judgment ¡°sends a strong message to any provider seeking to defend poor quality provision before 바카라사이트 courts. The OfS will not hesitate to defend its decisions robustly where 바카라사이트y are in 바카라사이트 interests of students and will seek to recover its costs in doing so.¡±
The OfS said that an ¡°assessment of Bloomsbury¡¯s student data returns found that 30.2?per cent of students starting degree courses at Bloomsbury between 2014-15 and 2016-17 did not continue 바카라사이트ir studies into a second year¡±, while of students graduating in 2015-16 and 2016-17, ¡°only 32.7?per cent progressed into professional or managerial jobs or went on to postgraduate study¡±.
John Fairhurst, academic principal and managing director of Bloomsbury Institute, said: ¡°We are, of course, extremely disappointed that 바카라사이트 court has ruled that 바카라사이트 OfS¡¯ decision was lawful.
¡°We sought a judicial review because 바카라사이트 refusal to register discriminates against institutions that specialise in serving students from diverse backgrounds and lower income households, who are all too often excluded from studying at degree level.
¡°We are absorbing 바카라사이트 judgment and considering our appeal options.¡±
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