Universities in Scotland are expecting to suffer losses of £132m as a result of Covid-19 restrictions and lost accommodation income, according to new analysis.
New strings attached to the financial support regime suggest central government is contemplating the financial collapse of some of England’s higher education institutions, says insolvency lawyer...
After the summer’s exam results fiasco, a spate of Covid-19 outbreaks at UK universities has piled further financial pressure on an already-creaking sector.
The Universities Superannuation Scheme deficit has widened to £21.5bn, more than 50% higher than the previous £13bn estimate in July, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
More than half of young people now go to university but more must be done to improve diversity in higher education, according to university leaders and the education secretary.
Talks in the bitter university pensions dispute are due to resume tomorrow but the University and College Union has warned that these are likely to prove fruitless.
Strikes over proposed changes to university staff pensions are expected to affect 500,000 teaching hours over 14 days, the University and College Union has said.
Student finance has at last become an electoral issue. This could provide the impetus for an overhaul so everyone can afford to go to university, says the Sutton Trust's Javneet Ghuman.
Universities and colleges should make fundamental changes to diversify their student bodies and ensure increased access to higher education, the Office for Fair Access has said.
Every university in England has now committed to working with schools from 2018-19 to improve access to higher education, the Office for Fair Access has said.
The vast majority of academics believe Brexit will be bad for higher education in the UK and many will consider leaving the country, according to a poll, sparking fears of a national ‘brain-...
Scottish universities are concerned that plans to co-ordinate the governance of four economy-related quangos under a single board could compromise their funding arrangements and independence.
Universities in England have made the ‘most ambitious’ commitments yet to helping under-represented groups enter higher education in a range of new access agreements, the Office for Fair Access has...
The value of knowledge exchange between UK universities and their partners in business and the public sector was £4.2bn in 2014-15, a report has shown.
