University funding/finances
Analysis of government data reveals that Australian universities’ surpluses have effectively halved over the past six years, says Conor King
Lower sticker price for degrees would do nothing to help poorer students, says London Economics analysis
Rare disciplines face a multitude of threats but are key to the biodiversity of academia, advocates say
President Meric Gertler says move will boost international numbers at university whose urban location shapes its profile and research activities
Higher education expert warns that widening access could suffer if funding for financial aid is eroded
Committee chair Robert Halfon calls for universities to offer more technical degrees or lose state funding
Devolved administration’s move puts pressure on Westminster government to confirm post-Brexit arrangements in England
Universities South Africa head says it is too early to say whether institutions will successfully roll out new system
Infrastructure plans at English universities may be derailed by credit downgrade and loss of access to European Investment Bank, says regulator
Canadian scientists’ impressive campaign for increased basic science funding risks splintering as victory looms, says Jim Woodgett
Denmark is not receiving repayments from 40 per cent of EU loan recipients from 2016
Aston University head warns mooted cuts to tuition fees in England will only benefit wealthiest graduates
Institutional leaders tell survey that current avalanche of criticism ‘lacks substance’
The government’s unilateral move to rein in costs is the inevitable result of a volatile and emotive political climate, says Warren Bebbington
Cabinet reshuffle offers universities the chance of a relationship reset before they are likely caught in the first swell of a global wave of funding reviews
Ibero-American University of Science and Technology closed after an investigation found the institution to have debts of about 4 billion pesos
More than half of new budget will go to the University of Luxembourg
Ongoing ministerial education reviews risk treating technical and academic education as separate pathways, says Quintin McKellar, and this could be to the detriment of both
Privately run vocational courses likely to be big beneficiaries of Gratuidad, which supports poorer students
With students paying higher fees and expecting better facilities, UK universities must find sustainable ways to increase capital expenditure, says Philip Stephenson
Economics scholar estimates impact of new excise tax on university endowments
Hollie Chandler urges ministers not to underestimate the true contribution of international students to the UK
The latest edition of Times Higher Education discussed by the editorial team
Former Downing Street policy guru Nick Timothy says former education secretary resisted university funding review and potential tuition fee cuts
College sport is deeply woven into US culture and commerce. But a long series of scandals has pointed the glare of publicity away from the basketball courts and football fields towards the athletics programmes themselves. Jon Marcus reports
A precise breakdown of foreign learners’ contributions to all areas and sectors of British life could help finally move the group out of the net migration count
Sam Gyimah and Damian Hinds will remove obstacles to major review and keep universities in the media spotlight, say experts
UCU plan would maintain defined benefit scheme, but has been branded ‘unaffordable’ by universities
Analysis by Deloitte raises questions about current weightings for teaching and research funding
Governments could ‘abandon’ support for sector unless countries that attract graduates recompense those that taught them, academic warns
Private equity-backed music institute trebled number of students with taxpayer-backed loans to net ?24.4 million in 2016-17, new figures show
After the twin shocks of Brexit and Trump, Patrick McGhee can only guess what the next 12 months will bring. Are you ready for peer-reviewed tweets, TEF results determined by University Challenge, and ‘lyecturers’ for hire?
Funding, Brexit and the growing power of China are among key issues to watch in 2018, say sector experts – but there is a glimmer of optimism, too
The uncapped system had many benefits but its cost was ultimately too high for politicians to bear, writes Andrew Norton
Claire Taylor looks at how UK universities can rebuild trust
Universities fear they will be forced to subsidise the cost of regulating new entrants to the sector
Concerns raised over moves to ‘mute’ students’ union and potential for far-Right figures on university boards
Certain disciplines and institutions likely to suffer from pegging of teaching funding
Promise of free higher education for majority of nation’s youth greeted with scepticism by university sector
Vice-chancellors’ salaries in Australia are the highest in the anglophone world, and are attracting sharp criticism, says Gavin Moodie
Keeping support for undergraduate courses at 2017 levels effectively ends demand-driven system, say universities
Sexual harassment allegations and Paradise Paper revelations among negative headlines
The mantra that research is loss-making is a convenient fiction used to draw more money to the centres of universities, say Peter Coveney and Christopher Greenwell
Scott Beardsley looks at how the top job is evolving in the US, while Susie Hills shares advice from UK business executives on being a v-c
Higher education access provides ‘inoculation against political dislocation’, Universities Australia tells ministers
Longer courses could mean bigger loans, which would eat into the government’s trumpeted savings, says Nick Hillman
Rich Sullivan-Jones on why the National Audit Office looked into higher education, and what its report tells us about the HE ‘market’
As Germany, France and Nordic and Alpine countries continue with increased investment, much of the rest of the Continent has not recovered from the financial crisis
Department’s claim that ‘students could be left over ?25K better off’ likely to prompt scepticism
John Gill on today’s NAO report, which claims that students are, in effect, victims of ‘mis-selling’ by higher education institutions
Although satisfaction and learning are not the same thing, universities need to be better at explaining the value that they bring, says Will Pooley
A look at the latest detailed figures suggests something is awry, but it may still be too early to tell if Brexit is the culprit
Universities Australia highlights UK’s research spending increase as it warns government
University secures 2.54 per cent interest rate on borrowing to fund ?1.5 billion capital programme
Wales will become the first system in Europe to offer equivalent maintenance support to full-time and part-time undergraduates, as well as postgraduates, explains Kirsty Williams
Plans would ‘devastate’ members’ pensions, warns UCU after actuarial analysis
Higher education institutions may need to cut jobs if they are unable to raise fees to offset state funding cuts
Glyn Davis' book also advocates creation of new institutions
Staff say long budgeting cycles limit their ability to make informed decisions or react to changing circumstances
Diana Beech on an HE-light Budget that nonetheless has some implications for university staff and students
