The Freunde der TUM, our #Alumni and Friends Association, has already supported numerous exciting projects. Do you have an #innovative idea for #research as well? Apply now for funding by May 2: http://go.tum.de/909871
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How are US universities spending billions from spiraling federal student loans and research grants, amid claims that up to 70% of grant money covers overhead instead of science? #UniversityFunding #FederalFunding #StudentDebt #ResearchGrants #OverheadCosts
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-freezes-all-research-grants-columbia-university
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The Cuts in UK Higher Education
Today friend of mine send me a message pointing out that in order to save money the University of Sussex is planning to make about 300 staff redundant; you can see an article about it in the Times Higher here. For the time being it seems the plan to make these savings via a voluntary severance scheme. I don’t know whether academic and administrative staff will be treated equally, either.
This is grim news. I worked at Sussex from 2013 until 2016 when I resigned my post as Head of School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. I took that decision largely for personal reasons but there were professional reasons too. From 2013 the University had embarked on an ambitious growth plan based on buoyant student numbers and the fee income generated thereby. Staff numbers grew too, to cope with the increased demand for teaching. Unfortunately the management was unable to match this with real improvements in infrastructure, largely due to the disastrous outsourcing of campus estates and services. Many promises made to me as Head of School by Senior Management were broken. I wasn’t the only Head of School to compain of this, either. Although things were still going relatively well when I left in 2016, and I was optimistic for the future of the School then, there were severe risks to its financial stability if student recruitment dived. Sadly, that’s exactly what happened. Falling student numbers – especially from overseas – left the institution very vulnerable, especially since the fee per student did not change. That problem was exacerbated by a burst of inflation. AlthoughIt has clearly been a very difficult time for the University of Sussex, largely due to national and international forces beyond its control, but exacerbated by ineffective, and at times incompetent, institutional management. It should be said also that many University leaders enthusiastically embraced the fees-based system that has led their institutions where they are now, though most of them have now departed and left others to carry the can.
It worries me that Maynooth University is also trying to grow very quickly, without adequate investment in infrastructure especially teaching. It isn’t increasing the number of academic staff much either, preferring to hire more and more managers; yet another such position was advertised this week. I don’t know whether Maynooth’s financial trajectory will follow that of Sussex. The funding environment is very different in Ireland compared to the UK, so it may not. It is clear that the enviroment for education and research here is being steadily degraded by the current leadership.
Anyway, when I saw the announcement about Sussex, I checked other Universities I’ve worked in over the years. There’s a list here. It seems that while there are particular factors at play at Sussex, there are similar difficulties across the Board. Cardiff University has a deficit of £35 million and the VC has refused to rule out compulsory redundancies there. I’m not sure how this is all affecting the School of Physics & Astronomy. Nottingham University, where I worked from 1999 to 2007, has deficit of £30 million, in response to which it has opened a voluntary severance scheme, introduced hiring freezes, cut non-pay budgets, and refused to renew 500 fixed-term contracts.
There certainly are cold winds blowing across the University landscape in the United Kingdom, and there is no sign of any respite. This is just the start.
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Aim for 70% tertiary education takeup by 2040, say UK university chiefs https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/sep/30/aim-for-70-tertiary-education-takeup-by-2040-say-uk-university-chiefs #Universityfunding #Tuitionfees #Students #Admissions
@tomstafford Is this the kind of data you mean? Net liquidity in days, from the OfS. https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/navigating-financial-challenges-in-higher-education/
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University of Oxford Announces Scholarships for Master's Students
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UK universities face growing struggle to recruit international students https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/jul/12/uk-universities-face-growing-struggle-to-recruit-international-students #Internationalstudents #Immigrationandasylum #Universityfunding
UK universities face ‘irreversible decline’, global league table suggests https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/jun/04/uk-universities-face-irreversible-decline-global-league-table-suggests #Universityfunding #ImperialCollegeLondon #Highereducation #Students
Read the interview with our President Thomas F. Hofmann, who talks about the new round of the #ExcellenceInitiative, which clusters have entered the competition, and what lies ahead: http://go.tum.de/266614
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N.S. universities given new funding model with conditions to increase accountability
Nova Scotia’s universities are getting one-year funding agreements that include conditions the province says are aimed at creating more accountability.
#globalnews #Education #Universities #Universityfunding
https://globalnews.ca/news/10268780/nova-scotia-universities-funding-model/
N.S. universities given new funding model with conditions to increase accountability
Nova Scotia’s universities are getting one-year funding agreements that include conditions the province says are aimed at creating more accountability.
#globalnews #Education #Universities #Universityfunding
https://globalnews.ca/news/10268780/nova-scotia-universities-funding-model/
University of York to accept some overseas students with lower grades https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/jan/11/university-of-york-to-accept-some-overseas-students-with-lower-grades #Internationalstudents #Universityfunding #Tuitionfees
Eight major arms companies give UK universities £100m | openDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/universities-millions-defence-companies-israel-gaza/
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Shell, BP and Equinor among fossil fuel giants giving millions to British universities | openDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/shell-bp-equinor-totalenergies-oxford-cambridge-bristol-ucl-big-oil-gas-fossil-fuels-158m/
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“Universities are independent organisations”.
Except when they’re not, apparently.
Fifth of UK universities’ income comes from overseas students, figures show | International students | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jul/14/overseas-students-uk-universities-income
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Sunak to force English universities to cap numbers of students on ‘low-value’ degrees | Students | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jul/14/rishi-sunak-force-english-universities-cap-low-value-degrees
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"Labour to begin consulting on new ways to fund university education"
I suggest general taxation. It works well in countries like Denmark, where state-funded education is a lifelong thing, with opportunities also for vocational retraining that reflect real-world economic changes. This is how you should run a dynamic market economy.
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