University funding/finances

Policymakers will need to work out exactly what ‘equity’ means before entrenching it in new funding arrangements

The new prime minister’s orthodoxy will prevent a repeat of the Iron Lady’s raid on the science and higher education budgets, says Terence Kealey

London’s ‘American’ university says move will offer ‘more transparency and greater value for money’

Companies reported to have suspended orders from university due to delay in paying invoices

After granting general forgiveness of up to $20,000, administration completes regulatory process to further ease burden of federal educational loans

While students with deferred loans are insensitive to price signals, new study suggests that universities are just as unresponsive

Students plan nationwide protests as experts dismiss claim that freed-up places will be taken up by Norwegian nationals

Regional Australian universities’ fears of losing ‘equity’ enrolments to city rivals prove unfounded

Universities must tackle issues that ‘reduce enthusiasm for investment’ to defend teaching and research budgets ‘inevitably under threat’, says Iain Mansfield

Up to 50 staff at wealthier Australian institutions out-earn the average English vice-chancellor, FOI documents reveal

Government expects international enrolment to fall by 70 per cent after introduction of tuition fees for students from outside the EU

Australian analysis finds that the architects of new policies should think more about unintended consequences such as the level of student debt

Staff down tools as pay and university funding alike drift well behind inflation

French ministry wants universities to use unallocated funds to cover up to 500 per cent increases in energy costs

As legal challenge gains, Congress avoids renewing provision seen letting elite campuses tie financial offers to student ability to pay

Biden administration comes to the party, as cash-strapped regional institution seeks new ‘development partners’

Philip Augar issues warning on LLE, but Lord Willetts fears new government ‘would like to’ restrict higher education entry

Republican-led jurisdictions join private borrower in court claims citing tax losses and other harms from $300 billion giveaway

Writing off student debt can encourage people to complete their degrees and work in the sectors they have trained for, says Danny Bielik

International students add hugely to the richness of universities. But are the risks of relying on their fees to subsidise so much fully understood?

Embracing the concept just as many other US campuses back away, top-ranked school school hopes for lawyers who pursue public service

SOAS director rails against ‘unjustly’ high mark-up on UK fees for overseas learners

Shadow chancellor promises to reinstate top rate of income tax to fund ‘biggest expansion of medical school places ever’

Status quo ‘not sustainable’ for universities or students and even Tory government ‘will recognise that soon’, shadow minister says

Disappointment as ‘mini budget’ contains no new commitments on research funding or support for students

Research support must be realistic, the cost of educating UK students must be properly met, and overseas students remain welcome, says Ian Walmsley

Some doubt government will really lavish foundation-governed universities with extra funding it has promised

As biggest member state centralises power while failing to pay its dues, the headwinds battering the pan-regional university are getting a whole lot stronger

Nearly two years after pursuit of controversial and costly insolvency process, Ontario institution sees pathway to recovery

Government accused of moving goalposts over pre-election messaging, with social sciences and business master’s also set to lose out

Prime minister says researchers should be able to work ‘without looking over their shoulder’

Recovery has a way to go, analysts insist, as signs point both north and south

Steve West also urges Truss government to ‘lean in’ to student cost-of-living crisis with return of maintenance grants for those in acute need

AUT plans for steepest job losses in the country since the pandemic’s early months as international and domestic enrolments flag

Vast lands owned by state’s campuses since 1800s ofter multibillion-dollar oil profits, along with huge environmental, political and reputational risks

Some universities getting ready to cut staff numbers after footing bills for housing and feeding Ukrainian families from institutional budgets

University report alleges students were charged extra fees in dentistry school, but faculty see racial politics and retaliation over whistleblowing

Jobs and Skills Summit sees vocational colleges awarded funding to deliver ‘the high value and often more complex qualifications’

Institutions emerge from lockdowns with an unusually large amount of money left over but say surpluses mask real financial difficulties

Universities should decide their funding needs based on their goals in teaching, research and outreach, say Nicolai Foss, Peter Klein and Phillip Nell  

But representative body says conclusions from analysis of university financial accounts are based on flawed assumptions

Beijing boosts early student participation in research as world becomes ‘less friendly’, but efforts could stall because of limited funding

Chapters’ severing of campus affiliation predicted to show US sector’s reluctance to challenge ‘Greek life’ abuses

As administration approves $10,000 baseline of loan forgiveness after long deliberation, universities promise hard look at pricing and value

Union estimates UK sector made £3.4 billion in 2020-21 financial year and calls for funds to be invested in staff

‘Absolute support’ for Australian government’s decision to quarantine extra places for disadvantaged students

Bursaries and scholarships among other measures to solve teaching workforce ‘crisis’

Austrian ministry may push for efficiencies and restructuring as universities vie to have their payroll-driven shortfalls filled in

Rate will be 6.3 per cent from next month, after projections swapped for real data

Long-term halt in loan repayment requirement – while Biden stalls on other protections – undermines key federal accountability method, experts warn

The Western Sydney University vice-chancellor says sustainability is a hallmark of his institution, including its high-rise campuses

Complexity of implementing new rules means ‘a lot of effort for little gain’ as most universities opt for status quo

Universities face tough decisions as staff argue for wage rises to keep up with cost of living and budgets become increasingly stretched

Universities’ pleas to train more professionals may now gain traction as Labor government creates new jobs and skills body

Enormous surpluses underline the extent to which universities prioritise their own welfare over that of future graduates, says Hannah Forsyth

California continues trailblazing push with major publishers but sees fundamental cost problem still unresolved

Administration nears completion of regulatory overhaul with new rules on student aid, non-profit conversions and prison recruiting

Swinburne v-c lambasts sector for following English model, but Monash head puts international education on par with key resource exports

Prospect of huge payout grows as Biden administration backs student claim that elite campuses colluded to hold down financial aid

Agents report surge in appetite, suggesting students have short memories