University funding and finances
Paperwork pain eases, revenue pain rises as universities confront new year
As the year ends, the problems facing universities seem to be stacking ever higher. But will a general election next year bring any respite?
Serious financial concerns at a handful of English universities over potential breaches of banking covenants
After analysing surprise $240 million budget shortfall, university reduces scholarships and freezes faculty pay and hiring, while calling athletics a core element
Amid yawning teacher shortages and one-sided funding regime, colleges warn that their successful model of localised training faces collapse
Rise in financial aid of 10 per cent ‘like an early Christmas present’ amid rising costs, says national student group
Financial pressures also force Sheffield Hallam to open voluntary severance scheme to all academic staff
Education exports and high student loan repayments help offset damage from inflation and interest rates, according to Australian mini-budget
Government schemes to bolster higher education come amid ongoing population decline and recent drop in doctoral students
Current business model not sustainable for more than two to three years, according to David Maguire
Too heavy a focus on skills training restricts universities’ role in the world, THE event hears
Vice-chancellors warn that UK government immigration policy is behind fall in international recruitment by having ‘negative impact on perceptions’
Adult education and skills development needs separate pot of money, THE event hears
Campus Live event hears sector leaders call for neighbouring institutions to share facilities in the face of declining enrolments
Solutions on higher education funding in England already known, says former secretary of state
All but a handful of universities now tarnished by short-changing scandal, according to academic union
As state higher education leaders count growing share of support from gambling, experts detail reasons why they should be more alarmed
Criticism of Australia’s ‘tax’ on international students escalates amid signs that it may be a done deal
Financial shortfalls follow student hunger strikes and faculty suspensions and ‘bode ill’ for long-term future of South Asian University
Brown University becomes centrepiece for ending financial ties to Israel, after three Palestinian college students shot in Vermont
Shadow minister Matt Western accuses government of creating ‘funding crisis’ in English universities
Free tuition also to be switched from first to last year of tertiary study, under pact between new governing parties
Institutions sound warning after feeling left out of finance minister Chrystia Freeland’s economic statement
If politicians and donors disagree with student or faculty views, they should challenge their soundness, not threaten defunding, says Richard Joseph
Union members declare no confidence in vice-chancellor over proposed plan that would see closure of departments
Fearing pressure on the humanities, professor runs the numbers and sees his elite institution in danger of falling short
Country must address socio-economic and regional inequalities, UN committee advises
University says current cohorts will be the last, blaming declining student numbers
Institution blames inflation and rising pay and pension contributions
Newly appointed trustees of small liberal arts college want to revitalise facilities with funding request worth $571,000 per student
Shitij Kapur fears country’s world-leading universities face ‘triangle of sadness’ as problems with student debt, university finances and staff discontent pile up
April’s rise in employers’ contributions to Teachers’ Pension Scheme could leave modern universities unable to compete, leaders say
Republican front runner lifts from DeSantis playbook in idea for free online alternative to ‘woke’ universities, connecting to concerns on endowments and access
Changes to visas and foundation years likely to hit income, deans fear, with big repercussions for parent universities
Aberdeen’s proposal to close language degree programmes might save money but it will impoverish international understanding, says Charles Burdett
Centre for Antiracist Research doesn’t have obvious funding flaws, but celebrity activist still leaves university questioning its Floyd-era hiring coup
Sally Mapstone on why university funding problems are too urgent for ‘something more radical’ or a review – and what she really thinks about corduroy
Graduates would pay higher contributions over shorter time to make system ‘self-funding’ and solve funding crisis in proposal from dataHE co-founder
Despite pricey accommodation and high living expenses, learners continue to flock to Korean capital, amid perception of better quality education
Australian researchers propose alternative way of redistributing university resources, but warn it won’t be easy
Most-travelled US university president says sector must make hard calls on priorities, but has too few willing to do so
Research ‘challenges the view that barriers to university education are driven by socio-economic disadvantage’
Academics welcome the move, but some are concerned over displacement of island’s students from its top institutions
Leaders argue that integrating operations will strengthen specialisms, but students give plans a frosty reception
Party stalls even on limited changes like stepped loan repayments, while deeper reform might only come ‘in return for value-for-money case’
McGill and province’s other English-language universities see dire threats to their finances and diversity
Australia’s proposed international education levy is replete with policy contradictions, new paper argues
Pennsylvanian liberal arts school planning to reduce, and possibly eliminate, adjunct and visiting assistant professor positions, faculty fear
The challenge for universities seeking greater openness, innovation and collaboration is they can’t do it on their own, say Ian Matthias and Mike Boxall
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
