By Chris Havergal. Reports that thousands of student places could be cut. Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Ulster have already been forced to make multi-million pound savings during this financial year and now face further reductions because the executive’s failure to strike a deal on implementing welfare reforms continues to cost it dearly. More...

A review of the financial health of higher education institutions published by HEFCE concludes that the higher education sector in England faces significant financial challenges over the next three years.
While the projected performance of the sector to 2016-17 is sound overall, this assumes that higher education institutions will achieve their student recruitment targets, and that there will be no further reductions in government funding.
These findings are part of the summary of finances for universities and colleges in a new HEFCE publication, ‘Financial health of the higher education sector: 2013-14 to 2016-17 forecasts’. More...

This report provides an overview of the financial health of the higher education sector in England. The analysis covers the financial forecasts for the period 2013-14 to 2016-17, as submitted by higher education institutions to HEFCE in December 2013 and July 2014.
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To reach the height of its potential, online learning needs to effectively deal with the issue of online security for learners. The Trust Challenge is a competition for institutions and organisations that are working to make online education safer in real-life contexts, with over 1.2 million USD to be awarded. More...

Par Wally Bordas. Le projet de loi de finances 2015 est sorti. Orientations revient sur les différents chiffres clés du budget dédié à l'éducation et à l'enseignement supérieur.
Il y a quelques jours, la Conférence des présidents d'universités (CPU) s'inquiétait du budget attribué par l'Etat aux universités. More...