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EPISODE · Apr 30, 2026 · 28 MIN

News Talks: What next for OfS after Sussex free speech ruling

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As the University of Sussex celebrates legal victory against the Office for Students, we discuss what the ruling means for the future of the regulator. ---  The Office for Students (OfS) has been defeated in the High Court with its £585,000 fine, imposed on the University of Sussex for failing to protect free speech, overturned. In this episode of News Talks, find out what this landmark ruling could mean for the future of the UK’s higher education regulator. Times Higher Education editor Chris Havergal joins Miranda Prynne to talk through the key points upon which Mrs Justice Lieven found in Sussex’s favour, likely reactions to across the university sector and how this ruling might shape the future operations of the OfS.

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