Private higher education providers
'Mind-boggling' that the Department for Education does not regularly collect data on attendance, committee hears
Private equity-backed music institute trebled number of students with taxpayer-backed loans to net ?24.4 million in 2016-17, new figures show
James Seymour says it is unfair to tar all private providers with the same brush following revelations of admissions fraud at one college
BBC films education agent offering to 'take care' of students' attendance and assignments
Profit should not be a ‘dirty word’ in education, says former Manchester United and England star
Senior QAA reviewer claims it is unfair to compare alternative providers to universities when they charge different fees
Public spending watchdog calls for action on high dropout rates and payments to ‘ineligible’ students
Students on course forced to find alternative programmes, as government plans to open English sector further to new providers
Critics claim move makes it 'too easy' for new providers to use ‘university’ in name
Countries worldwide are grappling with the challenge of expanding higher education with limited resources while maintaining quality
Class of ’92 to set up alternative provider teaching business, media and sport
Ministers back University of Law, Arden sales to Netherlands-registered GUS, as BPP decision awaited
Paper highlights possible negative impact of performance-related funding and for-profit universities on widening participation
HMRC claims reorganisation of for-profit university’s owner may represent ‘abuse’ of VAT rules
Independent 糖心Vlog survey indicates that new providers will look to compete with established universities in future
University of Buckingham and University of Law grab top ratings in UK’s new teaching assessment
Indiana public higher education institution eyes for-profit online provider’s technological expertise
New data allow greater scrutiny of student retention in England’s ‘challenger’ institutions
All three of England’s for-profit universities owned in Netherlands
Leading scholar says many countries have ‘neither the will nor the capacity’ to manage growth
Lords may insist on changes if they scent chance of overturning UK government’s slim Commons majority
Cramming study into the shortest possible time will impoverish the student experience and drive an even greater wedge between research-enabled permanent staff and the growing underclass of flexible teaching staff, says Tom Cutterham
Peers back further amendments to 糖心Vlog and Research Bill
Institution’s university title and degree-awarding powers to be looked at
Country looks to private sector to increase student numbers even further
Pearson College London to mirror company's strategic direction in employer engagement and online
Stephen Hunt explores what The Donald means for for-profit universities
Despite having some questions about how the bill will be implemented, Douglas Blackstock believes it is a force for good
John Morgan looks at what Trump U fraud claims could mean for US president-elect Donald Trump
Yeon-Cheon Oh says serving society can be as rewarding as getting rich
Recent graduates teach at three to four universities a day to make ends meet, researcher finds during stint observing country’s private HE system
Association of American Universities president also says state of US public universities is like battle to save species from extinction
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
As Ipswich institution gains independence, Richard Lister says it is ‘absolutely right’ that new providers go through ‘proper level of scrutiny’
New College of the Humanities seeks ?8.5 million while BPP University could be set for new ownership
For-profit online specialist joins University of Law, St Patrick's and LSBF in GUS
UK should introduce ‘much tighter regulations’ on private colleges, say CGHE researchers
Smaller, newer alternative providers are less likely to pass higher education review, analysis says
For-profit college stripped of right to receive public funds
Alternative medicine institution Anglo-European College of Chiropractic gets QAA thumbs up
Progress needed on equity, quality assurance and research, says University of Chile academic
Stagnation in university recruitment accounts for ?5 billion of shortfall, UKCISA conference told
We have reached a key moment in the development of the region's higher education sector, says Ismail Badat
But MillionPlus claims government risks ‘dodgy narrative’ on alternative providers
QAA finds lax entry standards at Cardiff college formerly led by principal with ‘falsified’ PhD
Rebuffing claims that opening up sector will endanger its reputation, minister says ‘we have heard these concerns before’
BIS-commissioned study charts rapid growth of sector and raises questions over student outcomes
Experts mull over Jo Johnson’s aim to open sector to foreign companies and universities
Alternative providers should also be able to charge ?9,000 tuition fees, says government
Distinction between two types of institution ‘not helpful’ for continent, say senior African university figures
Weiming Education Group, the largest provider of private schools in China, is branching out into the US
China’s motives, like the West’s, are mixed, but it clearly has a role to play in building capacity in African higher education
Investing in the education of millions of young people can help defuse a security time bomb, argue Faisal Abbas and Abdur Rehman Cheema
Frontrunner for Democratic nomination has talked tough on for-profit colleges but will her links to the industry prevent her taking action? Michael Stratford reports for Inside Higher Ed
Improvements required in two out of four areas at college where students claimed ?259 million in state loans in three years
For-profit college head Paul Kirkham calls for ‘respectful’ treatment of private providers
Lord Willetts tells event it is hard to see how governments can fund expansion on necessary scale
Comments come amid debate over whether to permit for-profit institutions to operate in the country
Records of former Buckingham vice-chancellor’s suggestion at 1985 seminar released by National Archives
First foray into Germany for the owner of University of Phoenix
