Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This week on the podcast university funding is back in the news as Wales increases fees and the sector puzzles over fixing funding across the UK The post Podcast: Fees and funding, access, public sector appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

However, completion rates for degrees and certificates are not affected by the funding mechanism, researchers found.

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Wonkhe

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With Labour resigned to frozen fees and a fixed envelope of spending, Mark Leach goes on the hunt for wriggle room at its conference in Liverpool The post The sector needs to change its lobbying tactics over fees and funding appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

APRIL 4, 2024

Jim Dickinson can smell the stasis The post DfE’s annual funding letter is out. The government has delivered another big real terms cut to universities in England. Don’t spend it all at once appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Jim Dickinson gets across the numbers The post How thin is Scottish student funding being spread? Students in Scotland will be able to spread student finance over 12 months - just as spend on their education is often spread over four years rather than three. appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 24, 2024

With changes to the Welsh model of postgraduate funding, there is no longer a UK approach that takes the cost of study into account. Mark Bennett asks why The post Nobody has any idea what proper postgraduate funding should look like appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Academic Designer

MAY 25, 2023

As a PI, getting your research funded is a priority. Meet Dr. Julia Barzyk who is uncovering the hidden curriculum to getting funding for your research. Are you a wise investigator?

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Wonkhe

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This week on the podcast we’ve been at Labour’s conference in Liverpool - asking what might make it into the manifesto on fees and funding. The post Podcast: Labour and funding, antisemitism, mental health appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Universities used European structural funds to do great levelling up work. Gabi Binnie considers what comes next The post Employability, EU funding, and the end of an era appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 6, 2024

Ed tech venture funding in 2023 reached just $2.97 billion, down 86% from 2021’s all-time high of $20.8 billion, according to a HolonIQ analysis.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 13, 2023

The Russell Group's Sarah Stevens takes a look at the Nurse review in the context of Horizon Europe and sustainable research funding The post The Nurse review and sustainable research funding appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

But, as David Kernohan relates, there's a lot more we don't know The post LLE entitlements and more on the funding model appeared first on Wonkhe. We now know who is eligible for lifelong learning entitlement loans, and how much.

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Wonkhe

OCTOBER 8, 2023

David Kernohan digs into Public First data to see what this means for opinions on education policy The post Are opinions about university funding shaped by education? We've long seen a person's education level as a political dividing line in modern Britain. appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2024

As North Carolina’s public university system grapples with potential changes to its diversity policies, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) Board of Trustees has made a controversial decision regarding DEI funding the upcoming year’s budget.

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Wonkhe

APRIL 11, 2023

As a debate ensues over about funding for universities and headline tuition fees, David Hughes sets out the case for an integrated tertiary funding system The post How to create a truly tertiary funding model in England (and beyond) appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As mass higher education attempts to find ways to boost investment in itself, Jim Dickinson argues that waiting for the political pendulum to swing towards the past is no way to do it The post There are better ways to fund and govern universities as quasi-public services appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

APRIL 16, 2023

Research funding has been unsustainable for decades, points out Jonathan Grant - so what would a new review of research funding change? The post The radical response to the Nurse review is to sustainably fund the dual support system appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 8, 2024

State Higher Ed Funding is Still Rising—for Now Liam Knox Wed, 05/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Even as federal stimulus waned, lawmakers boosted support for public colleges in 2023, with an emphasis on financial aid. Can it make up for falling tuition revenue? Byline(s) Liam Knox

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 25, 2023

But public colleges will now have to contend with the loss of COVID-19 relief funds and continuing declines in enrollment.

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HEPI

APRIL 20, 2024

HEPI recently published a collection of essays on the issue of funding undergraduate degrees, curated by HEPI Director of Policy and Advocacy Rose Stephenson. Our universities face a funding crisis. Approximately £1,000 of the fee goes on mandatory access arrangements – this funds access and participation work in institutions.

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Wonkhe

MAY 10, 2023

Just in time for party conference season we'll get some great data on how the public really sees funding for higher education. The post What the public thinks about university funding appeared first on Wonkhe. Ed Dorrell introduces some serious polling.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 18, 2023

Inequity in access to research funding drives disadvantage throughout academia. Tanita Casci and Jenny Gladstone see the need for action at every level The post Equitable research funding requires concerted action appeared first on Wonkhe.

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University Business

MARCH 11, 2024

An increasingly popular tactic is dangling money over the heads of its two- or four-year institutions—or both—through performance-based funding models. Growing popularity of performance-based funding While performance-based funding has existed since the 1970s, recent state proposals arguing for its use suggest a new wave of interest.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Education secretary Gillian Keegan will also squeeze funding for programmes to widen access to higher education Ministers will cut funding for performing and creative arts courses at English universities next year, which sector leaders say will further damage the country’s cultural industries. Continue reading.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Webster Seeks to Unrestrict Endowment Funds Josh Moody Wed, 02/07/2024 - 03:00 AM Beset by financial challenges, the university is seeking to reclassify $34 million in endowment funds to meet liquidity obligations for a $30 million loan. Byline(s) Josh Moody

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Distinctive Funding Challenges for Rural Regional Colleges jessica.blake@… Wed, 02/28/2024 - 03:00 AM The presidents of three public colleges in Colorado have banded together, asking state legislators for additional funds to help offset the challenges of being small and isolated. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 8, 2023

Moderately selective colleges also saw enrollment declines among racial minorities the more they relied on the funding model, new research shows.

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Wonkhe

APRIL 20, 2023

The post Podcast: Complaints, student voice, research funding appeared first on Wonkhe. This week on the podcast the Office of the Independent Adjudicator has published its annual report. Should we worry that it’s handled a record number of complaints?

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The president of KCL, Shitij Kapur, has said that the unstable funding equilibrium of UK universities is being maintained by an “inherently precarious” model which is dependent on international student fees. The post UK uni funding model “inherently precarious” appeared first on The PIE News.

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University Business

MAY 17, 2024

Higher ed funding, particularly at the state level, is not going in the direction one might expect at public colleges and universities a few years after the economic turmoil of the COVID pandemic. A steep drop in federal stimulus was offset by state funding as enrollment continued a steady 12-year decline, the report explains.

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Wonkhe

MAY 17, 2023

Let's make knowledge exchange easier with fewer, better funds The post It’s time to fund KEF appeared first on Wonkhe.

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University Business

MAY 6, 2024

The precipitous pre-pandemic growth in edtech venture capital funding, followed by the investment boon in 2020-21, is far behind us, suggests an analysis from HolonIQ , a global market data platform. Capital growth was stymied in 2022 when funding fell by 72%, reaching only $10.6 In 2023, global venture capital funding only reached $2.97

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Wonkhe

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Peter Gray looks at how students spend the funds The post We can learn more about student hardship when we see how funds are spent appeared first on Wonkhe. Universities give hundreds of millions of pounds in financial support to tens of thousands of students each year.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 12, 2023

Institutions will receive extra funding for awarding “credentials of value,” a designation to be based partly on wages.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 10, 2023

To the contrary, the Committee were unequivocal that “the current model for funding higher education is unsustainable”. In a recent piece on this site , Dr Mark Corver presented an alternative model for funding higher education. This is important for universities, because charities will typically not fund indirect costs of research.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2024

Yet women-led startups struggle to receive funding. In 2023, just 2% of funding went to women-only teams. By educating women, demystifying investing, and inviting women to participate as investors in venture funds, we can change the return on investment (ROI) landscape and innovation economy leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

Community colleges were able to persevere through the pandemic thanks to the emergency relief funding passed through Congress. We began to see early on [in the pandemic] many students were not enrolling, and community colleges are largely funded on the basis of enrollment,” said Dr. Thomas Brock, director of the CCRC.

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