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- Britain’s bankrupt universities are hunting for cheaper models
A s the academic year in Britain limps to a close, universities look more broke than a student after a summer of Interrailing The Office for Students, a regulator, reckons that four in ten
- Britains Bankrupt Universities Are Hunting For Cheaper Models
British universities face mounting financial pressures with four in ten institutions running deficits, according to the Office for Students regulator Half have closed courses to save money, while Durham and Newcastle each shed 200 staff members Lancaster's cost-saving plan could eliminate one in f
- Four in 10 UK universities forecast deficit | Times Higher . . .
UK universities’ annual accounts indicate that institutions’ financial performance is already going in reverse Significant shifts in the valuation of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension fund continue to cause many universities to oscillate wildly from deficit to surplus each year
- Universities’ funding model is broken, vice-chancellors warn
Vice-chancellors are warning that the current funding model for UK higher education is “broken” and have urged the government to review the system of tuition fees, which have been capped at about £9,000 for more than a decade
- Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says . . .
England’s higher education system risks long-term decline unless ministers overhaul their “confused, if not incoherent” approach to universities, the outgoing head of the national body for
- Change the model, not the sticking plaster - LSE Blogs
UK universities are often acknowledged as a rare national asset The sector forms more than 10% of the top ranked 200 in the world, while simultaneously supporting a strong expansion of young participation in higher education, most notably so from poorer areas
- The state of Britain’s universities: - ucu. org. uk
Universities cannot contribute to the democratic renewal we need in society without modelling the democratic practices that are essential to connecting institutions to their communities We need to place the ‘public’ back at the heart of the public university
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