Private college’s visa licence suspended as BIS and QAA launch inquiries Two government departments and watchdog investigate St Patrick’s College By John Morgan 26 February
Government 'failed to protect public money' in private college boom The government encouraged private colleges to grow “without sufficient regulation in place to protect public money” and a senior civil servant should have opposed the policy, according to MPs By Chris Parr 24 February
St Patrick’s warned over finances before getting green light on SLC cash Private college seeking designation invested £3 million after being told it needed to inject further funding By John Morgan 1 January
Private providers asked for urgent figures on widening participation Private providers have been asked to help prepare the government for a key hearing on private higher education just days before it happens By John Morgan 12 December
Private providers: maligned and misunderstood? Alfred Morris argues that alternative providers, criticised by the National Audit Office, aren’t the villains they’re made out to be. 12 December
Cable ignores the gloss by focusing on private ‘dross’ Private not-for-profits don’t deserve to be tarred with the same brush as some Johnny-come-latelys, says Phil Deans By Phil Deans 13 October
‘Lack of transparency’ in Gloucestershire’s potential tie-up with INTO Council members absent from vote on venture with for-profit firm By David Matthews 29 May
SLC investigates for-profits’ funds Inquiry into 24 private institutions is triggered by ‘potential irregularities’ By John Morgan 29 May
