Yesterday’s report entitled: Securing a sustainable future for higher education: an independent review of higher education funding and student finance called for student fees to be funded up front by the government up to £6,000 through a system of loans and graduate repayments.
Tag Archives: University Debt
Don’t cut R&D now, says Chief Exec of Universities
The UK spends just 1.78 per cent of GDP on research and development, placing it below countries including the US, Japan, Germany and France, according to the latest OECD figures.
Universities and business
Universities will have to change to more accurately meet the needs and changing requirements of both business and society at large
US company powers into Keele
Rosi Monkman, business support manager at Keele University Science and Business Park said that the university’s central UK location was a “key factor in attracting high-calibre, international companies looking for a base from which to enter the UK and European markets”.
Frequently Asked Questions
We asked Christian Seanor, our senior calls advisor, to set out the most commonly asked questions he encounters when speaking to potential clients about possible debt management solutions to their debt worries:
University gets cash advance to pay wages
A debt-stricken university had to be given a cash advance to pay its staff their wages last month, a union claimed today.
The University of Cumbria, which is nearly £30m in debt and has already announced plans to close a campus and cut jobs and courses to save cash, had to seek help from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).