Hefce warning over overseas students and pensions

By John Morgan. Slowing growth in international student numbers could have “a material impact on the sector”, while a financial blow from pensions could be looming. The Higher Education Funding Council for England’s annual report on the ‘Financial health of the higher education sector’, based on 2012-13 results and 2013-14 forecasts, also predicts that the abolition of student number controls will widen the financial gap between individual universities. More...