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The availability of quality purpose built student accommodation (“PBSA”) is becoming an increasingly important factor for students when choosing their university.

Following the Grenfell disaster in June 2017, many of those with an interest in residential buildings, especially those over 18 metres (ie including student accommodation and whether as building owners/funders/tenants) have been carrying out investigations on their buildings to see if, from a fire safety perspective, they were built in accordance with the Building Regulations in force at the time of construction.

Following a consultation in 2020, the Office for Students introduced a new Condition of Registration on 1 April 2021...

Currently, transfers of personal data from the EEA to the UK are protected on a transitional basis only until 30 June 2021 under last December's post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement. However, the situation after that is currently uncertain.

Freedom of speech in England is currently protected by a range of legal measures: by the common law, by the European Convention on Human Rights and by domestic legislation. Section 43 (1) of the Education (No 2) Act 1986 provides as follows...

According to recent reports in several media outlets, HMRC is preparing to inform as many as 200 academics in UK universities that they are being investigated for potential breaches of export control rules.

Our employment experts have prepared a review of the key developments of 2020 and reflect on their continued significance into 2021...

In her letter to higher education providers of Friday 14 January 2021, the Director of Regulation at the Office for Students has set out the regulator’s expectations of HE providers in this period of coronavirus induced lockdown.

Yesterday, on 4 January 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a third national lockdown for England.

In August 2020, the Office for Students lost on appeal in a judicial review of its decision to refuse registration to the Bloomsbury Institute.

On 24 December, the UK and the EU reached an agreement on the terms of their future trading relationship before the expiry of the transition period on 31 December 2020.

This week the Cabinet Office published a Green Paper on significant proposed reforms of the public procurement regime, with 10 March 2021 the deadline for responses.