Fundraising

Institutes could be labelled ‘political campaigners’ in new law, warns industry body

Tributes paid to fundraiser who transformed the fortunes of the University of Miami

Donation from investor Bill Miller will create new professorships and provide student support

£10 million gift will help fund what will become one of Europe’s largest centres for interdisciplinary learning and research

Donation from estate of inventor Ray Dolby will be used to redevelop the university’s physics department 

Canadian university dean says fundraising is an important – and fun – activity for academics

Universities used to be thought unsinkable, but the unthinkable – an institution going to the wall – is now a genuine, if yet remote, prospect

International education is Australia’s third-largest export industry, worth more than A$20 billion, and is set for further growth driven by current geopolitics. Jack Grove reports on how international recruitment is playing its part in Australia’s embrace of the Asian century

Forty-one per cent of respondents to ACE survey describe political climate as ‘hostile’ to higher education

At its halfway point, the merits of Wisconsin School of Business’s decision to accept donations in order to not change its name is being assessed

The Deutschlandstipendium, which sponsors students with a mixture of public and private funding, has disappointed some critics

Oxford and Cambridge maintain dominance as total number of donors falls

Steve Keen laments loss of ‘time and freedom’ for universities’ ‘original thinkers’

Adrian Furnham makes his case for a discerning approach to philanthropy

Study shows that a quarter of UK alumni under 30 have donated to their university

Business asked to help improve infrastructure and teaching in Peru's universities

University senate opposes terms of proposed $10 million deal with businessmen to set up centre for the study of free enterprise

Experts tell THE summit that Zuckerberg-Chan gift illustrates changing nature of philanthropy

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

New research shows the importance of fostering a ‘personal connection’ with students

The Atlantic Philanthropies gives £75 million to Rhodes Trust and £64.4 million for LSE inequality research

University fundraising in Australia needs to catch up with the UK, says Nick Blinco

Tuition fee income increases sharply as funding council cash declines, latest sector-level data shows

Ross-CASE report finds that four-fifths of philanthropic donors to universities are alumni

Richard Budd mulls the logic of giving money to your alma mater

Universities are beginning to explore using a new set of social media apps as students give up on Facebook and Twitter

Negative stories including collapse of Kids Company appear to be making the public more wary of major research funders

Philanthropic donations to universities seen in the US can be replicated in Europe and the Middle East, argues former University of Chicago president Hugo Sonnenschein

Elite universities are unhappy that new rules targeting charities and big business will hit institutions hard, says Wendy Piatt

The most popular higher education articles of the year, based on website traffic

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Outgoing New York University president John Sexton dismisses concerns over academic freedom at his institution’s Abu Dhabi campus

Andrew Likierman says first fundraising campaign is necessary to maintain global position

Philanthropy allows innovation ‘free from constraints of political and economic change’, says v-c

Charities blame widening gap between their grants and full costs of research 

Kiron University looking to raise money to offer free education to refugees

Fundraising consultant says management restructure would increase industry funding to HE

Incoming vice-president of international operations at Case says that UK fundraisers are ‘wildly talented’ but that the talent pool is ‘still very small’

A £17.5 million donation to the University of Cambridge has thrown the spotlight on philanthropy, but where does it sit in the recent history of cash gifts? asks John Elmes

Chris Havergal asks whether spending money on new buildings and facilities can give universities a competitive edge

Former postdoctoral researchers will now be counted as alumni at the University of Cambridge

By Ry Rivard, for Inside Higher Ed

‘Going private’ is no financial panacea, say Barry Glassner and Morton Schapiro

Some donors try to steer Israel studies to political ends, but gifts must fund impartial enquiry, says Charles Keidan

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Donations to universities in the UK are even more skewed towards the elite than in the US, according to a new report

Soas, University of London has been awarded a £20 million gift, the largest in its history, by a US foundation

Universities need clear protocols for accepting money - particularly from outside the UK, argues Chris Higgins

Malcolm Gillies on how to encourage alumni donations

Demise of matched funding leaves majority of institutions worse off. David Matthews reports

The University of Huddersfield has unveiled pioneering plans to raise funds for scholarships by lending money to small businesses. 

Jon Marcus on military veterans trading drills and battlefields for disciplinary fields and fundraising

David Willetts points to the price paid by Ivy League for donor cash. David Matthews writes