This quarter has been shaped by major policy shifts, new insights into the online learner experience and a wave of changes across the edtech sector, signalling a period of recalibration for online learning in UK higher education.

With the summer firmly behind us and as we’re now well into autumn, it’s time to look back at some key developments in the last quarter in UK higher education, and online education in particular. While the summer generally tends to be a quieter period, there has been no shortage of relevant and noteworthy developments over the past quarter.

This quarter doesn’t necessarily present anything new but reinforces some established trends.

This last quarter has seen a range of interesting developments, from announcements of new partnerships between OPMs and UK universities to significant changes within online education companies and more.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, this quarter brought more online education announcements from UK universities. It also brought cost-cutting measures and announcements from some online education companies, reflecting that universities are not the only ones facing financial challenges.

Online education in the UK remains dynamic, with new entrants, broader subject coverage, and diversification into shorter products beyond degrees.

The last quarter has been full of interesting news, announcements, and developments from various companies operating in online education and several UK universities.

Developments in the last quarter do little to solidify the idea of a post-OPM reality, certainly not in the UK.