Private providers

We talk to the lawyer, academic, former pro-chancellor and founder of a private university in Nigeria

Changes to degree-awarding powers that will step up competition for universities heralded in Productivity Plan

Department confirms work to find savings is ongoing, but offers no details on George Osborne’s Budget pledge to bring in ‘new entrants’, says John Morgan

ABI College investigation finds only two of 45-strong cohort have achieved intended qualifications

Navitas says enrolment down by 13 per cent in second semester of 2015

The government says it will help ensure that there is “minimal to disruption to students” at the University of Law and that “its high quality of education is upheld” following the purchase

A private college paid almost £2 million a year in public student loans has been criticised by the Quality Assurance Agency, despite being cleared of academic fraud.

Two government departments and watchdog investigate St Patrick’s College

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

Private college seeking designation invested £3 million after being told it needed to inject further funding

Private providers have been asked to help prepare the government for a key hearing on private higher education just days before it happens

Alfred Morris argues that alternative providers, criticised by the National Audit Office, aren’t the villains they’re made out to be.

Private not-for-profits don’t deserve to be tarred with the same brush as some Johnny-come-latelys, says Phil Deans

Council members absent from vote on venture with for-profit firm

Inquiry into 24 private institutions is triggered by ‘potential irregularities’