University funding/finances

Two-day strike over 'insulting' 1.1 per cent pay rise offer may affect student exams and marking

Review of ‘targeted allocations’ benefits many small and specialist institutions, but some see cutbacks

Royal Irish Academy warns that low tuition fees and funding cuts pose a grave risk to province’s universities and wider economy

Province will submit proposals in ‘coming weeks’ in a bid to avoid sudden wage increases

Tuition fee income increases sharply as funding council cash declines, latest sector-level data shows

Vice-president of Ghana says institutions must develop ‘sustainable’ financing

But the vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana says academics must still 'push' for recognition

Ross-CASE report finds that four-fifths of philanthropic donors to universities are alumni

Richard Budd mulls the logic of giving money to your alma mater

Hepi report calls for levy to extend to employer-sponsored degrees, or firms will likely pull out of funding such courses

Money is designed to help institutions ‘attract and retain the best and brightest researchers from around the world’

Opposition calls on government to help meet funding shortfall

Sector experts variously predict benefits and damage from lifting the lid on who earns what

David Turpin says Canada’s provincial system makes it harder to attract international undergraduate students

John Morgan looks at the policy implications from long-awaited research into graduate earnings

Major new research on graduate earnings by course and university shows social background is key

Director of the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education says 'the tide is against' these specialist institutions

New chair of AUDE, Trevor Humphreys, says increased competition within the sector could create ‘perfect storm’ for estates investment in coming years

Tensions between ‘tribes’ of differing prestige harms sector, says Leadership Foundation report

But government project may not capture ‘value added’ by some universities and courses, critic warns

Hefce and Home Office figures show further declines in new overseas entrants and Indian student visas

Ucea says additional payroll pressures and market instability means uplift is ‘at the limit of affordability’ for many institutions

Study suggests saturation point of higher education expansion is some way off

Hefce report on sector finances also warns of fall in overseas entrants

A leading economic psychologist who led [!Soas, University of London!] for almost a decade has died

Housing crisis in Oxford, Cambridge and London means the cost of loan and joint equity schemes has tripled in past five years

Education City's spending for stateside outposts pieced together by The Washington Post

Education minister Simon Birmingham signals potential funding cuts to universities but fee rises plan could also be revived

Agencies could also be well placed to collaborate on monitoring higher education standards

Institutions are criticised in UCU report for allowing 'shameful levels of pay inequality' to persist

Professor Webley was ‘inspired leader’ and will be ‘sorely missed’, say colleagues of the acclaimed academic

Letter from Sajid Javid and Jo Johnson also sets out funding for 2016-17 and issues warning to Hefce on quality assurance

A new joint PhD programme is part of a ‘new era of close collaboration’ between the UK and Australian universities, say v-cs

Construction on £25 million biomass boiler in nearby village aims to cut energy costs for ancient university

Distance learning institution and owner of FutureLearn describes results as 'disappointing' but 'not entirely unexpected'

Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the 20 best institutions based on private-sector investment per academic

Universities need a new funding model, say Andrei E. Ruckenstein, Mark E. Smith and Nicola C. Owen, who want academics to take the lead in tackling the problem

Free movement of students and scholars would be hindered by UK leaving EU, says University of Glasgow principal

Credit agency says the pace of change will quicken as governments seek cost savings

As globalisation takes a firm grip on higher education, is the French government’s new strategy working?

A comparison of some of the fees that are charged to international students

Oxford pro vice-chancellor Sally Mapstone to take on role vacated by Louise Richardson

Extra contributions are likely to cost many university staff more than £1,000 a year, analysis shows

University announces major strategic planning initiative to address long-term budgetary concerns. Colleen Flaherty reports for Inside Higher Ed

Data sharing agreements also due to be signed with EU countries

More universities set to follow Cardiff University into bond market as appetite for construction pairs with ‘unbelievably low’ interest rates

John Morgan examines current arrangements and suggested ratios at home and abroad

Backlash from v-cs prompts teaching champion to opt for 'reflection and consultation'

Disadvantaged are under-represented in degree study because they are ‘simply not smart enough’, says researcher

Vice-chancellors call for price freeze from sector's teaching champion

How can institutions hire and hold top scholars when homes in their cities are out of reach to academics?

Institutions must resist the state’s ‘efficiency’ drive while relying less on its funding. Big business could help, argues Kevin Rafferty

Former universities minister argues government is right to demand improvements in light of increased tuition income

International cooperation could be most successful in the postgraduate sector, says Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

Shake-up at teaching organisation will also see academics charged a membership fee and required to complete CPD if they want to remain fellows

Warning comes after stories about Coca-Cola’s spending on science hit the headlines last year

But in an increasingly competitive market, new AUDE executive officer praises ‘entrepreneurial’ estates departments

First analysis of its kind says modern institutions have suffered from creation of research consortia

Vice-chancellors’ pay in the Russell Group has continued to rise, but bumper salary hikes are increasingly rare, finds Jack Grove

Average increase of 6 per cent in pay and pensions packages inflated by ‘transitional arrangements’ at Durham