University funding/finances

Redundancies ‘a last resort’ as uniquely financed Australian university confronts A$225m black hole

National vote called off, with vice-chancellors saying pact is too short-term while union blames ‘fear of scrutiny’

While training reform takes centre stage in post-pandemic ‘JobMaker’, government puts no extra money on the table

£7,500 fees are off the agenda, but Covid-19 only increases the need to align state subsidies with economic need, says Philip Augar

Job security guarantees would tie management’s hands while offering only short-term cost relief, v-cs say

Improving remote learning may be smartest move universities can make, quality chief advises

England’s main skills challenge is not over-education but preparing workers for the emerging economy, says Tim Blackman 

As after the 2008 financial crisis, Swedes have responded to the coronavirus-induced downturn by making plans to return to university

Support and opposition on both sides could make job-saving pact a close-run thing

State institutions that survive crisis will face student influx and must prioritise ‘communities they were designed to serve’, experts say

EUA policy expert warns against financially driven institutional mergers as solution in crisis

Activists campaign for less reliance on international education income, as government flags a ‘supervised’ reopening of borders

While institutional accounts indicate that the average university boss could have pocketed seven-digit earnings last year, 2020 will be a different story

‘Classic risk management tools’ helped protect the University of Tasmania, says its former management consultant boss

Victoria’s A$350m lifeline adds to the pressure on Canberra to do more to help embattled sector

Accusations that China is stealing virus research could harm US vaccine efforts and overseas enrolments, experts warn

Australian universities decline union-sponsored agreement, citing individual circumstances and governance concerns

Analysis shows that a dramatic loss of fee income will hit institutions in Wales harder than the rest of the UK

Video conferencing is a reasonable substitute for lectures, but that is where it must end, say Robert Zaretsky and George Alliger

Many bosses lead from the front, ceding 20-plus per cent of their pay to help plug pandemic shortfalls

Some succour for NZ universities and students in budget aiming to support training for those who have lost jobs in crisis

The Covid-19 pandemic offers universities a once-in-a-generation opportunity to put their dysfunctional strategies behind them, argue Timothy Devinney and Grahame Dowling

England's OfS reveals how next year's £48 million teaching grant cut will be spread across institutions

Record year for university philanthropy in UK and Ireland sees Oxford and Cambridge dominate fundraising

Redundancies beckon at Australia’s oldest university as bosses and workers alike hold the line

Anticipating a renewed coronavirus outbreak, California State University plans for semester online

Bitter internal conflict brews over union plan to offer pay concessions in return for employment safeguards

Academic union faces member fightback over détente with university administrations

Innovation on the line, as coronavirus unleashes domino effect on research mainstream

Student wariness may deliver final blow to crisis-weakened institutions

Clay feet of cross-subsidy policies exposed by Covid-19 crisis, representative groups say

Optimism emerges over Australian and New Zealand education exports despite Canberra’s hands-off approach

Australian university’s losses ‘less than our east coast counterparts’, acting v-c tells staff

Universities should also stop ‘stealing’ money allocated for education to undertake research, according to Minerva founder

The initiative’s success means that higher education is expected to remain a focus of China’s next five-year plan, says Wu Zhaohui

Economical changes and positive mindset could alleviate the industry’s woes, says federal MP

After sex crime conviction, elite university gave financier-donor his own office

Lawyers hired by students reject institutional pleas of financial duress

Sector singled out as Canberra makes changes on the fly to its JobKeeper employment subsidy scheme

But commentators question legality, terminology and strategic value

Newly funded work to include investigations into how the city brought infections down to nearly zero

Lawyer warns over alleged meeting between institutions on foreign students

University finances are supposedly staring into the abyss – but we shouldn’t get giddy, says Paul Jump

State’s contribution contrasts with Canberra’s ‘baffling and callous’ approach, critics say

Researchers from universities most dependent on international education insist current restrictions must be retained

Members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme are about to vote on whether to lock in current members. But this might not be enough to safeguard the scheme’s solvency, says Bernard Casey

Reeling from freefalling international enrolments, Australian universities now face renewed threats from geopolitical tensions

Government moves the goal posts as universities explore fine print of bailout rules

Educational economist Miguel Urquiola tells Matthew Reisz about the upsides of inequality and the dangers of ‘unbundling’

Partnership approach during pandemic raises hopes of bursting scientific silos 

President, lawmakers allocate money then accuse Harvard and others of taking it

After rejection of virtual peer review, federal agency halts new awards, prompting concerns for younger researchers

The transformation of high street branches offers lessons on how universities may need to adapt when lockdown is lifted, writes a UK university professor

While universities commit hundreds of millions of dollars to help domestic and foreign students, dissatisfaction remains

Union members mount fightback as their leadership countenances pay cuts

International education losses ‘are like losing a car manufacturing industry every six months’

Commentators express doubts over Canberra’s online road to post-pandemic prosperity

Fine print reveals that universities can expect to recoup perhaps one dollar for every seven they lose

Rebuffed on pricing and open access, universities refuse full-access renewals

New arrangements will ‘pivot’ university offerings to areas of greatest domestic need, government says