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.
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.
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...
Justine Greening’s departure means the Cabinet has lost a doughty champion of social mobility, says the Sutton Trust’s Conor Ryan. Her successor Damian Hinds needs to make his name – and a big...
The Department for Education needs to reduce payments to students who do not finish their studies at non-publicly funded higher education providers, the spending watchdog has found.
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.
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.
English universities are set to increase borrowing levels in order to mitigate government funding reductions and to upgrade facilities, an analysis of the financial health of the sector by credit...
Funding for research and the possibility for cross-border collaboration in research projects would be under threat if Britain was to leave the European Union, panellists at a Universities UK debate...
Government plans to introduce a new teaching framework for universities, linked to powers to increase tuition fees, must be carefully planned to avoid harming the sector’s reputation, according...
Universities will only be able to increase tuition fees above £9,000 in line with inflation if they meet standards in a new national Teaching Excellence Framework, universities minister Jo Johnson...
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills should redirect £500m from university grant funding into further education and extend the student loan system to FE students, the Policy...
The higher education participation rate in 2013/14 was 47%, four percentage points up on the preceding year, according to provisional estimates published by the Department of Business, Innovation and...
Nearly nine out of ten students at university and colleges in the UK are satisfied with their course, an annual poll for the Higher Education Funding Council for England has found.
If society is to continue funding higher education through taxes, universities need to open up and work directly with local communities, to become problem-solvers and drivers of economic change.
