University funding/finances

After flat research funding drew complaints last year from universities, new plan warmly welcomed

Former government adviser says a modest cut in operating costs could allow for a doubling of the number of UK academics

Currency devaluation makes it harder for families to afford higher education, and for institutions to pay their staff

Hepi report on funding options, aimed at stopping politicians from ‘keeping shtum’, sees v-c back a graduate tax as ‘genuinely progressive’

A quarter of modern institutions looking to shed upwards of 50 roles, with agreements on teaching loads and promotion also under threat, UCU survey finds

US’ biggest charitable foundation, with focus on global health, abandons APCs in favour of preprint repositories

Karen Cox to step down next month as university grapples with projected £30 million deficit

Student loan debt could be contributing to Japan’s declining birth rate, researchers find

Facing second year of faculty no-confidence vote, cardiothoracic surgeon agrees to leave as soon as successor is found

With 3,000 graduate students picketing for higher pay, Boston University dean encourages faculty to ‘think creatively’ about using technological alternatives

Thousands of employees of few remaining non-foundation institutions say earnings have been heavily eroded by inflation

New government announces evaluations of science and universities after scrapping predecessor’s efforts to do likewise

Author among lecturers at under-fire institution to oppose plans that union says are ‘unprecedented in scale, intensity and speed’

Holyrood government doubles down on fee-free policy despite warnings of underinvestment

Universities and particularly their students will not miss out in May, insiders predict

University says it intends to phase out teaching in areas also including art history and journalism, as UWE becomes latest institution to announce job cuts

Sutton Trust recommends reintroduction of maintenance grants, lifting of parental income threshold, and more progressive loan repayment system

University cites fall in returning students amid cost-of-living crisis for current year’s shortfall, while warning of sector funding crisis impact

Outgoing Oxford chancellor, ‘chairman of the Tory party when there was one’, advocates cross-party consensus on state investment, not higher fees

Institutions need more flexibility on whether to participate in mandatory government-run pensions scheme, Ucea and UUK argue

Tuition fees for foreign overseas in Japan are expected to rise above domestic ones for first time

Office for Students insists it has ‘no recommendations of directions of travel’ as it seeks views on distribution of £1.5 billion annual budget

As pressure builds for the University of Idaho to reconsider buying the University of Phoenix, a similar previous deal a thousand miles to the south finds mounting scrutiny

Hepi report flags concerns over growth and quality of UK pre-degree programmes, but says across-the-board fee cut would be poor solution

Sector leaders express frustration as chancellor praises universities, but offers little additional money

Recommended reforms, such as abolishing the Job-Ready Graduates fee hikes for humanities, will gold-plate the Help system, says Maxwell Yong

Rectors call for budget increases and wage rises for staff or institutions will soon be unable to function

Universities UK chief executive says funding crisis facing English universities means it is not impossible that an institution will ‘shut its doors overnight’

Rectors question how Macron can live up to promise to end underfunding of science

Ford government offers C$1.3 billion increase for higher education over three years, well short of levels its own expert panel suggested

Education minister has an ‘open mind’, amid debate over adapted plan for levy on international students’ fees

Universities approach finish line with wins from court and accreditor, then get new challenges from lawmakers and ratings agency

Higher international fees for in-person courses are vital to universities, but online students can be charged the same wherever they live, says Tim Dunne 

Long-term reform blueprint prescribes teaching, research, student support and infrastructure funding overhauls

Opportunities that enhance employability and the student experience will boost both enrolments and donations, says Robert Phillips

Universities UK’s requests of an incoming government also include a review of the maintenance support package offered to students

Risk-rating system, which punishes universities for visa refusals, merely the latest form of ‘structural disadvantage’

No one should assume that university managers and consultants have all the solutions to UK universities’ financial woes, says Chris Moore

Analysis of THE rankings data indicates which countries perform strongest in light of the funding that they get

Election result in world’s fourth biggest nation underlines the need for better understanding of its neighbour

Sixty sector organisations, including 21 universities, are seeking to build a new market for cash products that does not contribute to the financing of fossil fuel expansion

One in four institutions reaps higher average income from domestic than international students, reported data suggests

Union fears more than 100 jobs at risk after university blames volatility for struggling to hit international student targets

Home fee income drops across English members of group, while overseas income up from £4 billion to £4.5 billion, THE analysis finds

Sub-inflation funding, Covid, domestic lack of interest and spiralling costs have pushed entire sector into deficit, minister told

King’s vice-chancellor also argues there’s a long-term need to be ‘open to the idea’ of some universities charging higher fees than others

Tuition fee rise is ‘unavoidable’ due to ‘sustained inflationary pressure’ faced by Welsh universities, says education minister Jeremy Miles

Incongruous Australian indexation rules to see arts students paying A$17,000 a year, unless accord’s final report produces an overhaul

Reports by London Economics try to help solve the widespread misunderstanding of higher education funding, which is ‘so complicated it should be on Mastermind’

Ebrahim Adia’s journey through modern universities indicates their power to transform lives, but they face growing financial pressure

When it launches next year, the lifelong learning entitlement could boost both university finances and social mobility, says Zahir Irani

University considering ‘phasing out’ provision in subjects where ‘we no longer feel we can be competitive’

Universities should focus on standards as enrolments stagnate, says Science and Humanities Council

University blames external factors for cutbacks as accounts show improving financial position

Conservative majority in House of Representatives backs idea of forcing universities to cover unpaid student loans, widening attack on academic foundations

Universities Australia’s budget pitch a departure from argument that fees ‘do not deter students from undertaking higher education’

The pension scheme’s healthy reported surplus could allow us to put benefits and contribution rates on a more stable long-term footing, says Carol Young

Cash-strapped institutions face task of rebuilding per-student returns as well as student numbers, with earnings slashed by scholarships, offshoring and other factors

European University Association says being forced to disclose international funding could lead to institutions being wrongly ‘suspected of representing foreign interests’

A change in atmosphere has encouraged academics to return to the country where they were once maligned, but funding pressures and issues with polarisation continue