University funding/finances

UEL vice-chancellor says it is wrong that students’ money is used to prop up local government schemes

But higher education still biggest recipient of major gifts

Delft University of Technology report says universities could reduce estates footprint by 25 per cent via more space-sharing

Nick Hillman considers the likelihood of the government taking concrete steps to help postgraduate students before the election

As giving grows in importance, universities need to engage seriously with the topic, says Charles Keidan

Employers respond to ‘scare stories’ around proposed changes to USS pension scheme

Senior professors express ‘outrage’ at Glasgow’s decision to reduce investment

Education lawyer Smita Jamdar on the danger of piecemeal change to the regulatory regime

Maintaining a stable university income while writing off a third of student loans could save money and win votes, John Cater suggests

The University of Huddersfield has been tackled by HM Revenue and Customs over a £600,000 “abusive tax avoidance” case dating back more than 10 years.

Former minister warns Labour’s Liam Byrne that lowering tuition fees will cause him no end of grief

Students who want to do master’s degrees are stymied by a lack of state finance. Paul Jump investigates how funding can be fixed

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

Universities are set to increase investment in their estates despite growing financial uncertainty, a new survey shows

Tuition fees are rising for overseas students. If the cap on undergraduate fees is lifted, will they follow suit?

Institution looks for new business model to pay for halls of residence

Scams, defaults, over-optimistic revenue projections: the UK must look to US lessons on student finance, writes Nick Hillman

The chief of the Regional Universities Network on the impact of the Coalition’s planned reforms

A majority of adults in England support reduced tuition fees for students from lower income families, according to a survey for the Sutton Trust

England urged to learn lessons from country’s experience of steep rise in undergraduates after relaxation of controls

The opposition must give universities guarantees about funding if it wants to gain support, argues Bill Rammell

Louisiana State University president says some US institutions fear new ratings system because they have been misleading students

Former minister’s proposal for universities to buy share of student debt has divided opinion

We must return to first principles to develop a fair method of paying for higher education, argues Bahram Bekhradnia

Institutions are exploring how to address the deficit and keep the scheme sustainable, says Anton Muscatelli

String of poor decisions preceded suspension of highly trusted status

Alan Ryan considers the size and seriousness of the US student loans ‘crisis’

Who in our sector has the political will to make the case for state-backed higher education for all, asks Thomas Docherty

Institutions still ‘lag well behind’ US counterparts, which are piling on funds

Spiralling costs and frozen domestic income mean that some universities will be ‘completely stuffed’ within three years, claims Anglia Ruskin leader

University still pays rent and maintenance costs for Ladbroke House and is stuck in lease until 2016

A raft of short-sighted policies are causing harm, says Sir Roderick Floud

Emulate US institutions’ efforts to ‘shape lifelong donors’ while they are still undergraduates, Case report says

Around 60 University of Oxford academics have used an open letter to demand the institution stops investing in fossil fuel companies.

Minister predicts that in 2050 no one will understand today’s anxiety over ‘strange figures’

As costs soar for students Down Under, England should be even more wary of following the country’s lead, says Rachel Wenstone

Too many policy experts look to the US and Australia as “some higher education funding nirvana”, according to the vice-chancellor who chairs Million+.

Small increase in fundraising staff prompts questions over sector’s ability to meet £2 billion target by 2022

Universities could be allowed to seek cash without asking funding council’s permission

Look to Ireland, not Australia, to see the damage caused by unfettered recruitment, says Bahram Bekhradnia

David Kemp and Andrew Norton call for state cash for all institutions and pre-bachelor’s courses

Failure to recruit may lead to lowering of promotional bar

Ryan Shorthouse argues that institutions should play a greater role in financing undergraduate students

UUK to look at what changes would lower cost of system after report reveals meagre savings after fees hike

Policymakers urged to learn lessons from ‘advanced’ overseas model

How are universities faring after the first full year of operating under the £9,000 fees regime?

Redundancy talks start as body prepares for loss of grant support by 2017

Years after Thatcher, says Simon Marginson, commerce is marginal to the sector. True competition would destroy its essence

Charges could help to subsidise poor students, says Northwestern University president

Nearly £1 billion in state-backed funding will be paid to students at private colleges next year.

If Labour does adopt a graduate tax policy it will be making a grave mistake, says Emran Mian

Johnny Rich on a simple change that could erase student debt, fund universities and boost employability - without costing taxpayers more

Big post-92s suffer as Hefce steers allocations towards strong recruiters

A £2.5 billion drop in forecast student loan repayments over six years means the government will “massively overrun” on its higher education budget, independent experts have warned

Hitting RAB charge ‘threshold’ will make £9,000 system more costly than old

Teaching grants for universities in England are to fall by more than the £45 million announced last month, the country’s funding council has said.

But critics warn of funding eligibility problems in plan to collaborate on projects

David Willetts highlights possible delay in filling extra undergraduate places

UK spending on research and development as a proportion of gross domestic product fell in 2012, according to new figures.

We must press politicians to show how a future government will support the sector, says Christopher Snowden