University funding/finances

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

Continuing remote teaching in the autumn will be unsustainable for some institutions, warns leader of online college

With admissions already in decline, Brian Rosenberg wonders whether the end may finally be nigh for many colleges

With foreign student numbers down and forlorn hopes for a government bailout, sector’s hopes may lie in expanded domestic enrolments

Tough choices await as institutions revisit ideas that could cut staff numbers and ramp up fees

‘Don’t sideline us from giant subsidy scheme’, universities and medical research institutes beg government

Grants yet to flow from new fund as nation endures rolling natural catastrophes

La Trobe leaders take temporary salary cut as losses mount, and urge other executives to follow suit

Analysts advocate hands-off assistance package, with universities unlikely to share latest government bailout

Questions abound over entitlement to A$130 billion economic stimulus, as expert warns of ‘imminent’ financial crisis

Coronavirus crisis may make institutions more eager to please to students, but ‘tensions’ already in evidence

Research funders, regulator and bureaucrats ease pressure on academics and universities as coronavirus blows out timelines

Alarmed by losses, main institutional group eases previous opposition to reopening

Democratic frontrunner raises fear among private colleges after taking on Bernie Sanders’ plan

Death of legendary Australian educator recalls missed opportunity to integrate tertiary education

A belief that private colleges open more doors explains US voters’ lukewarm response to free public education, says Kate Eichhorn 

The namesake cities in the US and UK are both home to internationally renowned universities whose industry collaborations are proving highly successful. But while that is good news for national economies, where does it leave the locals priced out of their own neighbourhoods? Paul Basken and John Morgan report

Spike in student demand driven by economic woes could force government to bring back demand-driven system

Delay midyear intake or risk losing subcontinent students to Britain, association warns universities

‘Levelling up’ research spending may imperil regional universities’ sustainability, warn Grace Gottlieb and Graeme Reid 

The influence of Denise Bradley, an ‘intellectually courageous’ policy powerhouse, was steeped in personal experience

Pandemic may tip some institutions ‘over the edge’ financially, but others may be able to capitalise on increasing numbers of people ‘at home with a lot of extra time on their hands’

Compromise needed to avert lost generation of university students, says Australian policy guru

Slightly higher fees would be a reasonable price for a system that responds to student numbers and preferences, says Andrew Norton 

Campuses see economic woes mounting, but full assault on Covid-19 more urgent

With the state’s governor imperilled, university bosses are hoping that a better year is on the horizon

Little succour for the sector despite predictions of a multibillion-dollar coronavirus hit

Funding designed around a ‘false premise’ that every university is research-intensive, says Nobel laureate

‘We are working against powerful forces’, v-c tells staff, as coronavirus exacerbates competition from mainland and UK

Restraining English per-student funding in wake of Augar review could reduce scope for cross-subsidy, says Hepi report

Jobs largely spared for now as universities target ‘non-essential’ outlays

Science students may be required to move about 250 miles from current Auckland campus as university attempts to mitigate a contribution shortfall

University puts recruitment, international travel and capital projects on hold

Employers value higher and degree apprenticeships. Restricting access to them would be counterproductive, says Jane Longmore

Minister flags ‘financial fine-tunings’ to ‘squeeze greater productivity out of existing funding’

Respite increasingly unlikely as Australia moves into pandemic mode

Situation will be reviewed again ‘towards the end of the week’, education minister to tell conference

The financial urge to allow Chinese students to begin the new university year must not trump public health concerns, says Salvatore Babones

Data from latest EUA report on state of public investment in universities suggest squeeze on institutions remains despite signs of recovery from austerity

Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil both pledged changes to tuition fees, maintenance grants and university funding ahead of election

Universities did not prepare adequately for a ‘foreseeable’ downturn predicted to slash at least A$2.8 billion (£1.45 billion) from education exports, claims sociologist

Sinn Féin’s desire for an all-Ireland education system could see it reject fee rises north of the border, says Diana Beech

Other universities likely to rein in their costs as travel ban threatens their bottom line

Ivy League institutions cited as US ramps up higher education offensive

‘We’re all in this together’, v-c insists, as universities scramble to teach 100,000 stranded students

Mission group calls for flexibility to use funding to support lifelong learning

Fears of recruitment hit lead institutions to consider action, as government keeps under wraps report on student demand impact

Saskatchewan veterinary college says move has been forced on it by limits on public funding

Australian universities face fiscal crisis, as virus chokes off vital revenue stream

The appointment of Manuel Castells as the country’s universities minister signals a change in fortune, says José Martinez-Sierra

Analysis of 10 years of data identifies sea change in research-intensive universities’ profiles

Academics call for restored government to give long-overdue attention to the sector, and to widen debate beyond tuition costs

Academics claim that, as well as impoverishing some institutions, removal of number controls has led to overcrowding at other institutions