University funding/finances
Lord Robbins’ review of British HE has had a 60-year legacy, but it ducked the question that looms largest over today’s sector, says Nick Hillman
Shadow education secretary avoids mention of the word ‘fees’ in conference speech comments
Beijing is ‘actively seeking to deter many young people from pursuing a degree’ to stem graduate unemployment, researcher says
Voters have little enthusiasm for paying higher taxes to fund universities, new polling finds
Matt Western calls sustainable sector funding ‘a big ask’ as two vice-chancellors back graduate tax
While universities bankroll more research from their own pockets they exercise less discretion about the things they study
With tuition fees no longer an issue of contention, higher education reverts to bit-part role in forthcoming election
Vice-chancellors express ‘near unanimous’ support for lowering costs and restoring benefits, and want it to happen more quickly than scheduled
With deadlines rushed and then missed, even the straightforward work of Australia’s major higher education review is looking anything but
New Olympic Park campus will host one of UK’s largest universities and add thousands more jobs and students. What can it achieve?
Sussex chief challenges ‘uninspected belief’ that additional cash for student learning – including grants for Covid-hit generation – is politically unthinkable
Accord panel should take note that fee changes ‘don’t change behaviour’, researcher urges
Four years after massive budget cuts, enrolment starts perking up, but with doubts that it can help the remote state recover a dire exodus of talent
Folasade Ogunsola discusses her country’s battle with brain drain and universities’ search for ‘creative’ ways to combat funding shortfalls
Schumacher College, which is run by the Dartington Trust, delayed the start of several courses by one day
As arguments for cost sharing in England advance, questions linger over what September changes mean for government-graduate balance
Vassar College faces lawsuit brought by current and former faculty members as gender pay gap across US higher education widens
Review of Devon-based Schumacher College launched in drive to operate trust with ‘more sustainable approach’
The gulf is growing between self-perpetuating middle management and the people who ‘produce the value’, Australian symposium hears
If Australia proceeds with a levy on international students’ fees, the money should only be used for students’ benefit, representative body argues
While faculty, students and politicians protest, biggest US four-year system notes that it remains major bargain by nationwide measures
‘New Conservatives’ say young people ‘do not have the right to study Mickey Mouse courses at the taxpayer’s expense’
Non-elite institutions have fuelled recent technological successes – with IIT graduates ‘few and far between’ at India’s space agency
‘Punitive’ requirements could make admissions from under-represented groups too risky, Australian university representatives warn
New research finds 20 per cent of universities still accepting cash for tuition fees and accommodation costs, despite risks posed by criminal gangs
As their flagship campus draws national alarm, professors protest Gordon Gee’s move to slash positions and programmes
Labour should push for cross-party review but take lead if Tories unwilling to ‘put needs of UK first’, says former education secretary
Dame Sally Mapstone says universities ‘must earn’ increased public investment
For university students, living matters as much as learning. Piling pressure on local private rental markets helps no one, says Lorna Fox O’Mahony
Report by London Economics finds sector supports more than 750,000 jobs across country
While inclusivity efforts have focused on boosting admissions from under-represented groups, targets could also be achieved by adjusting overall enrolments downwards
Russell Group study says average top-up of undergraduate education costs could reach ?5,000 per student per year by end of decade
Judges ask university to make changes to its proposal, including boosting international capacity and adjusting down expected growth figures
Things go from bad to worse for student-starved sector, with unexpended funds recycled one month and repossessed the next
Disappointment comes months after v-c told alumni that government funding was ‘becoming extremely inadequate’
Experts counter analysis suggesting that mismanagement, not declining government subsidies, is cause of financial woes
Canberra may have chosen the right time to revisit university funding, as institutional accounts suggest a widening divide between the haves and have-nots
US grant agency hopes to ensure a more scientific approach after years of political battles over risks of China collaborations
Changes aimed at protecting students and taxpayers adding uncertainties that could lead to institutions closing rather than joining forces, experts warn
Rampant discounting blunts income being made from steep increase in overseas students, as regulator plans action on recruitment
New models beckon after ‘golden age’, sociologist predicts, as source countries seek to plug skills haemorrhage
Transferable allowances could bring students clarity and flexibility as they become ‘customers who can make demands’, but some worry about workability and vesting unprecedented powers in landlord-presidents
Research funding needs attention in higher education review, representative body warns, as survey reveals upbeat Antipodean attitude to science
President believes that Waseda has already reformed in key ways, helping make its case for support under the country’s excellence initiative
Jeopardising local universities with rhetoric about rip-off degrees is the last thing the UK needs. A new funding settlement is vital, says Martin Jones
Revenue from Singapore venture crucial to ongoing sustainability, says Massey vice-chancellor
‘Not in a million years’ will English fee cap be raised during cost-of-living crisis, says minister, despite universities’ warnings on falling funding
Academics voice concerns over ‘short-sightedness’ of programme envisaging opening of dozens of science departments
Employers opt to defer increases as finances squeezed but majority tell THE they are paying up
Ipsos polling shows lukewarm support for graduate tax, especially among younger respondents
Disparaged policies could take root as Australia’s once-in-a-generation higher education review dawdles, critics warn
Biden's debt forgiveness plan may have been blocked but everyone will suffer if graduates can't afford to spend, says F. King Alexander
Landmark report has generated applause but could deny vice-chancellors a free hand
Once-in-a-generation review aims to massify a massified system, just as students question the cost-benefit equation
Despite increasing agitation over fee freeze, politics around student support seen as weighing against lifting of cap
Improving benefits and lowering contributions must not mitigate against the pension scheme’s ability to better ride out future storms, says Kate Barker
Needs-based student funding and second national university also among accord panel’s ‘spiky ideas’, aimed at improving equitable access
Canberra agrees to funding guarantee, governance reform, ditching of ‘fail rule’ and uncapped funding for all indigenous students, as it mulls ‘wider change’
As fund records ?60 million deficit ahead of disbursement, academics voice concern over ‘strings-attached’ model
Interim vice-chancellor insists renowned institution can be rebuilt after mass job cuts while protecting arts courses
