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17 Feb 22
The cost of living crisis is likely to see more young people spurn higher education so they can start earning money. Radical funding solutions are needed, says Professor Zahir Irani.
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21 May 21
Scottish colleges recorded growing deficits in 2019-20 but the full effects of Covid-19 are yet to be felt, according to Audit Scotland.
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6 Jul 20
Up to 13 universities could go into negative reserves this year risking long-term security without a government bailout, according to a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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10 Dec 19
The government still has “significant work to do” to raise awareness and interest in T Levels before they are due to be rolled out in September 2020, education researchers have said.
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25 Nov 19
University staff across 60 institutions have begun eight days of strikes over changes to their pensions and work conditions.
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19 Sep 19
Scotland’s newer universities are bearing the brunt of cuts in government funding as they are less able to generate income from other sources, the Auditor General for Scotland has found.
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9 Aug 19
Cutting tuition fees would be “devastating” for university finances, Lords have claimed.
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22 Jul 19
There could be advantages to paying university governors, such as improving diversity on boards, says higher education consultant Alison Wheaton.
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21 Jun 19
Universities generate £95bn in output for the economy - the next government must come up with a long-term, sustainable funding proposal to safeguard them, says Universities UK’s Karmjit Kaur.
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15 May 19
The higher education sector faces unprecedented turmoil but the huge range of funding models means some institutions are better placed than others to weather the storm. Rachel Willcox reports.
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19 Mar 19
Universities have warned that a no deal Brexit could disrupt “vital research” due to a lack of clarity over funding.
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17 Dec 18
The national deficit will increase by £12bn when the Office for National Statistics changes the way it records students loans.
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6 Nov 18
Universities are not providing value for money and need a “sharper focus” on graduate skills and outcomes, MPs have urged.
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16 Aug 18
The proportion of young people who think it is important to go to university has declined gradually over the past five years, according to figures released by an educational charity today.
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7 Aug 18
The UK economy needs more graduates to increase productivity and innovation, according to an advocacy organisation for universities.
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18 Jun 18
The higher education market is not working in the interest of students or taxpayers, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
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11 Jun 18
Interest rates on student loans must be reduced to prevent student debt reaching £1trn, a group of Lords has said.
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14 Mar 18
A deal that could have ended the strikes over university staff pensions collapsed in less than a day.
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2 Mar 18
The government gave England’s largest commercial further education provider ‘special treatment’ even though its performance was declining, a group of MPs concluded.
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23 Feb 18
Reducing fees for arts and humanities degrees lower than those for science, technology, engineering and maths will create unfair disparities between what graduates will have to pay, suggests...
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20 Feb 18
Conor Ryan looks back at the thorny history of tuition fees and offers his thoughts on the latest review of post-18 education announced by the prime minister this week.
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16 Feb 18
A trade union is calling for vice chancellors to be barred from attending remuneration committee meetings after 95% of the UK’s universities were found to allow vice-chancellors to go to them.
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12 Feb 18
School leavers should have access to a £8.5bn fund to help them continue learning, according to a proposal from the Institute of Education.
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19 Jan 18
Toby Young’s brief tenure on the board of the Office for Students should prompt the education secretary to reflect while choosing a replacement, argues the Institute for Government’s Daniel Thornton.
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12 Jan 18
The benefits of international students are ten times greater than the costs, adding £20.3bn to the economy, research has revealed.