University funding/finances
Fresh worries over poor English-language ability of some international students
Elite institutions making last-ditch bid to block multimillion-dollar levy
Proposals for delayed report have to be judged in the round ¨C including implications for those who don¡¯t go to university, says David Robinson
Hundreds of professors had signed petition opposing scrapping of annual subsidy from parent institution
Struggles of Hampshire College suggest to some that students may be reluctant to shape their own degrees in a debt-heavy, career-focused higher education sector
University threat to cut $1.7 million annual subsidy generates widespread protest
Proposal would also withdraw financial support for students from the European Union
Australia¡¯s vice-chancellors must wake up: China's munificence is all motivated by its vast geopolitical ambition, says Nick Forster
The quality of Indian higher education outside a few elite institutions is notoriously poor, and a slew of initiatives aimed at addressing it have made little impact so far. Simon Baker analyses the data to assess the scale of the challenge and asks what more could and should be done
But revival of the demand-driven system would be a mixed blessing, consultant warns
Student action shows US colleges far from accepting their slavery-related debts
Ford administration is blind to incompatibility of statistical metrics and quality teaching, academics warn
Philosopher calls on universities to take AI debate ¡®out of the hands of the industry¡¯ and end ¡®ethics washing¡¯
Fractures emerge between Democratic candidates ¨C but they, and even Republicans, actually share broad concerns on affordability
The Chinese tech giant¡¯s challenge for universities will be far from an isolated case and universities are not prepared for the nuanced reaction required, says John Ross
Former universities minister says that, while parents of students with poorer A-levels could pay fees up front, less affluent families could not
A Labor victory in May¡¯s election could still see funding conditional on universities¡¯ employability, diversity or research records, says Andrew Norton
Big datasets linking higher education participation to a range of socio-economic factors are useful and fascinating, but their translation into policy remains fraught
The advent of datasets linking graduates¡¯ income to their student records has fuelled calls for certain courses and universities to be excluded from public funding. But, ahead of England¡¯s Augar review of post-18 education, the minister who commissioned the longitudinal education outcomes project, David Willetts, warns against such abuses of the data
Hundreds of jobs endangered by ?142 million increase in contributions to Teachers¡¯ Pension Scheme, universities say
After more than doubling its spending since the financial crisis, Germany¡¯s long budget boom is set to come to an end
Despite its tarnished reputation and history of collapsed ventures, the for-profit sector retains a strong foothold on the US academy. Paul Basken tracks its successes and failures
Australian government accused of ¡®robbing Peter to pay Paul¡¯
Report from Office for Students says ¡®unrealistic¡¯ targets on recruitment could expose an institution to ¡®significant risk¡¯
Suggestions that review could yet be published before PM¡¯s departure come as AoC says it will push DfE to ¡®publish and implement¡¯
Government affirms Medical Research Future Fund but raids dormant infrastructure kitty
Reduction in fees for rest-of-UK students would add to ¡®perfect storm of uncertainty¡¯, says Universities Scotland
Analysis of finance data for English universities suggests some institutions have responded by cutting staff costs
But Nicola Dandridge says that ¡®to pile limited public resource into failing institution¡¯ would be mistake
Advocacy groups worried by entry of high-cost private lenders to market
Department advertises for ¡®policy expert on HE financial sustainability¡¯ who will shape stance on ¡®potential intervention¡¯ if institutions risk closure
Despite thin pickings this time around, Trudeau¡¯s Liberals have probably done enough to win the science vote in October¡¯s election, says Creso S¨¢
Latest sector-wide figures likely to increase concerns about financial sustainability
Anthony Abraham Jack¡¯s new book distinguishes two kinds of under-represented students and sets out what universities need to do if they truly want to recruit the most disadvantaged students. Matthew Reisz writes
Post-18 education review also said to have looked at proposals to allocate top-up public funding according to subjects¡¯ cost of provision
Lack of detail, not due process, is at the heart of concerns about medical research handouts in Australia, writes John Ross
Trudeau¡¯s spending splurge seen as an attempt to curry favour with voters ahead of federal election
Stephen Toope cites Brexit and Augar review in all-university email explaining the need to reduce spending
Cash flows are not moving fast enough to keep pace with technology, malaria expert cautions
Ministers love talking about grand government-directed projects, but Philip Hammond must reaffirm tomorrow the UK¡¯s support for open-ended research using quality-related funding, says Stephanie Smith
Staff hit out at ¡®financial mismanagement¡¯ as university announces plans to cut roughly a third of modern languages jobs
Ministers are right to question student recruitment practices in some universities, but restricting loan access to those who fail to hit three Ds at A level would be a retrograde step, says Tom Richmond
Hepi survey finds student opinion is in direct opposition to government and regulator policy
Treasury officials will find it harder to ignore the deficit pressures caused by subsidising lower-earning creative arts students after analysis, researcher argues
Report on financial sustainability of UK universities suggests that any attempt to lower fees could have big impact on some institutions
ARC insists allegations of political subversion are ¡®baseless¡¯
Negotiations on €100 billion Horizon Europe scheme delayed by East-West tensions and could be slowed further by European elections
Carolyn Fairbarn will urge ministers not to cause ¡®needless¡¯ damage to the ¡®precious national asset¡¯ of universities
Continued funding squeeze appears inevitable as major parties¡¯ policies trickle out at UA conference
Strides have been taken since the destruction wrought by the US-led invasion, but funding and standards remain unacceptably low, says Mohamed Al-Rubeai
The difficulties even of obtaining a scholarship to study in the West amount to systemic exclusion, says Rudrani Dasgupta
Labor has made an ¡®unequivocal commitment¡¯ to restore uncapped funding, vice-chancellors say
One thousand PhD places to be created over next five years
Institutions that win performance-related funding will fall behind anyway, university group claims
New president pursues pet project while existing institutions struggle to make ends meet
Cardiff¡¯s Colin Riordan says research-intensive universities will have to ¡®adjust¡¯ to straitened times
Institutions struggle to cope with changing student tastes, demographic shifts and the difficulty of scaling up their model
Welsh university says it is not currently planning compulsory redundancies but cannot rule them out in future
Sir Chris Husbands visits Australia as it considers introducing performance-related funding system similar to UK¡¯s teaching excellence framework
Larry Bacow calls campuses ¡®far more adaptable and durable¡¯ than sceptics claim