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More financial assistance sought in Indian budget

The PIE News

Strengthening partnerships with global universities could further open doors for Indian students in accessing academic and work opportunities, she added. UGC saw a 50% cut in the latest interim budget, falling from Rs5.3m last year to Rs2.5m in the 2024/25 financial year.

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“Huge growth opportunity” for Bangladesh

The PIE News

Pasha advised institutions that engaging “with the right stakeholders” is crucial to success in Bangladesh – including the University Grants Commission, the Ministry of Education and the Bangladesh High Commission. .

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India issues draft rules for foreign university branches

Inside Higher Ed

Once approved by the University Grants Commission, providers will be free to set their own tuition fees, define student selection criteria and appoint faculty. Furqan Qamar, former secretary general of the Association of Indian Universities and professor of management at Jamia Millia Islamia, a university in New Delhi, agreed.

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Review of The Robbins Report at 60 (HEPI Policy Note 49) by Mike Shattock

HEPI

The Government had been alerted to the future funding dilemmas posed by the likely increase in the demand for student places in higher education by the Treasury through the University Grants Committee (UGC) and appointed Lord Robbins as a safe pair of hands (with a strong Treasury background as well as holding a leading university position).

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Higher education policymaking in the UK before HEPI

HEPI

1 Three particular things brought all this home to me.

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Schools need faster emergency response technology. What’s the holdup?

University Business

. “I hope the university makes an effort and continues to listen to students, faculty, staff and the community concerns to understand what needs to be fixed.”‘ ”‘ Tragedy can strike a college or university in a matter of moments, and most casualties occur in a three-minute window, according to the FBI.

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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

SRHE

The latter source grew steadily more important and in 1919 the Treasury established a University Grants Committee (UGC) to rationalise government grants which in the 1920s and 1930s rose to around 30% of individual universities’ expenditure. If we want to provide a mechanism for ‘levelling up’ this is an ideal model.