Private providers

Preparations for sale by Apollo Education Group are under way, THE understands, two years after owner changed hands

Former X Factor judge becomes co-owner of Liverpool Media Academy

European University of Business claims that it has university status

Office for Students has sent ‘minded to refuse’ letters to 20 providers

Private equity-owned BIMM to receive £2.4m in teaching grant as OfS funds new providers for first time

Despite broad differences with president, long-shot candidate Bill Weld demonstrates how ‘belief in markets is bred in the bone’

Figures show that thousands of students registered at some universities are taught elsewhere

Despite its tarnished reputation and history of collapsed ventures, the for-profit sector retains a strong foothold on the US academy. Paul Basken tracks its successes and failures

Despite legal setbacks, administration stops Obama rule forgiving duped borrowers

For-profit institutions at particular risk of collapse, researchers say

Australia’s private colleges are lumbered with loan fee despite doing better than university partners

In what may be a tactical pullback, Trump administration reduces reach of wide-reaching bid to empower for-profit sector

Independent colleges ‘defined by what they’re not, not what they are’, Teqsa report says

Disclosure could have ‘adverse effects’ on institutions’ ‘commercial interests’, university claims

After enduring tumultuous college closures, Massachusetts mulls forcing private institutions to prove their ongoing viability

Generous philanthropic giving brings significant benefits to US universities but poses leadership challenges too, says Ángel Cabrera

Soldier-students likely to suffer heavily if for-profit institutions don’t deliver on promises

US administration portrays campaign as matter of fairness and equity

Principal of joint venture between ex-Manchester United players and Lancaster University discusses how he answers the question: ‘aren’t you making a lot of rich people even richer?’

Chinese purchases of US college campuses may be more about pursuing business objectives than promoting ideology

Education Corporation of America, with more than 70 for-profit US colleges, falls victim to changing economics and sector-wide crackdown on abuses

College has been ‘limited and frustrated’ by UK’s ‘regulatory labyrinth’ and ‘pressure to conform’ with ‘conservative’ universities, says founder

Independent HE report suggests it is time for ‘radical new SME approach’ to sector

Officials give GSM green light for public funding despite knowing of its financial worries, while ministers ‘refuse to back public universities’

Boston university wants to develop one-to-one tutorial model as it creates ‘global university system’

London institution will take ‘formal name’ of ‘New College of the Humanities at Northeastern’

Rapid expansion of Southern New Hampshire University sparks interest but also concern

Higher education institutions too slow to adapt what and how they teach, rival says

Advtech to buy Johannesburg campus established by Monash in 2000

Regulator’s figures reveal intensive student ‘churn’ and heavy concentration in business courses

Government steps in after scams undermine consumer protection arrangements

Restrictions on access maintain high quality bar, says rector of Latin American Center for Human Economics

Funding will support Lancaster to develop curriculum for Manchester-based University Academy 92

Leaving state regulatory system might free institutions from ministers’ ‘deeply flawed’ fixation with value for money, says Frans Berkhout

Analysis of accounts of institutions receiving public funding reveals large salary, bonus and dividend payouts

Department for Education team backing those setting up new universities may reflect concern over role of Office for Students

Unions and universities worry that agreements could leave them vulnerable to for-profit competition and entrench privatisation

Private liberal arts institution gains UK degree-awarding powers

But government data predict that share of black and ethnic minority students on campuses will rise

Labour attacks department’s green light for ‘University Campus of Football Business’ name

Westlake University may be government’s pilot of more autonomous institutions, expert suggests

Quality an ‘urgent concern’ as study reveals significant growth of private sector worldwide

Overall figures for full-time undergraduates suggest growth as other institutions expand significantly

Office for Students asked to tackle huge pay awards given to leaders of private providers

'Mind-boggling' that the Department for Education does not regularly collect data on attendance, committee hears

Private equity-backed music institute trebled number of students with taxpayer-backed loans to net £24.4 million in 2016-17, new figures show

James Seymour says it is unfair to tar all private providers with the same brush following revelations of admissions fraud at one college

BBC films education agent offering to 'take care' of students' attendance and assignments

Profit should not be a ‘dirty word’ in education, says former Manchester United and England star

Senior QAA reviewer claims it is unfair to compare alternative providers to universities when they charge different fees

Public spending watchdog calls for action on high dropout rates and payments to ‘ineligible’ students

Students on course forced to find alternative programmes, as government plans to open English sector further to new providers

Critics claim move makes it 'too easy' for new providers to use ‘university’ in name

Countries worldwide are grappling with the challenge of expanding higher education with limited resources while maintaining quality 

Class of ’92 to set up alternative provider teaching business, media and sport

Ministers back University of Law, Arden sales to Netherlands-registered GUS, as BPP decision awaited

Paper highlights possible negative impact of performance-related funding and for-profit universities on widening participation  

HMRC claims reorganisation of for-profit university’s owner may represent ‘abuse’ of VAT rules

Independent Higher Education survey indicates that new providers will look to compete with established universities in future

University of Buckingham and University of Law grab top ratings in UK’s new teaching assessment