The University of Northampton has hit back at the Office for Students (OfS) after the quality of its computing courses was criticised.
Two conditions of registration have been placed on the institution following an investigation by the regulator that identified issues with assessments, timetables and students’ access to resources.
But Northampton said the OfS had used outdated data and accused it of a “lack of clarity” over the investigation, which took place in 2023.
“Waiting over three years for a response to an in-person inspection is not a sustainable model, either for the OfS or for universities. It doesn’t serve students and it doesn’t serve the wider sector,” the university said in a statement.
It follows the publication of an OfS report into Northampton on 11 May, the last in the regulator’s “boots on the ground” inspections into the quality of provision at some English universities.
