POSTED BY MATTHEW HOWLING | 23 NOVEMBER 2023 University trustees: duties, liabilities and insurance When money is tight and borrowing expensive, good governance can be crucial to guiding the institution and providing an appropriate level of scrutiny... Read more Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read Finance Financial resilience Governance and public law
POSTED BY ROBERT RENFREE | 22 NOVEMBER 2023 Failure to prevent fraud offence and changes to the identification principle A new corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent fraud, punishable by unlimited fine, will come into force next year (on a date to be confirmed)... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY GAVIN CARR | 21 NOVEMBER 2023 University financial resilience: UKVI and international students The economic, as well as the broader social and cultural, benefits brought to universities by international students are well known... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY CHRISTIAN BULL | 20 NOVEMBER 2023 Resilience and the university estate The maintenance and improvement of university estates is an ongoing challenge – pressures on funding; challenging carbon neutral, net-zero targets; a post-Covid environment and uncertainty over student numbers... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY MATTHEW HOWLING | 16 NOVEMBER 2023 Breaching a financial covenant: what a university needs to know The ratios which lenders use to assess the financial health of their borrower are again under pressure, whether because of student recruitment not matching projections, interest rate increases or inflation impacting costs generally... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY EMMA TUCK | 15 NOVEMBER 2023 Financial resilience and reportable events The Office for Students' regulatory framework includes an obligation to notify the OfS of a range of “reportable events”... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY GARY ATTLE | 14 NOVEMBER 2023 The Office for Students and financial resilience The OfS is required by law to monitor the financial sustainability of most registered higher education providers in England, and to report on patterns, trends and other relevant matters in its annual report... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY MATTHEW HOWLING | 14 NOVEMBER 2023 University financial resilience: supporting the sector in challenging times With undergraduate tuition fees essentially unchanged in over a decade but with inflation rocketing, university finances are increasingly strained... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY ALEX REID | 25 OCTOBER 2023 AI in higher education Artificial Intelligence has become one of the key topics of 2023, and Higher Education is not exempt from this wider public discourse and development... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 19 SEPTEMBER 2023 Procurement Act 2023 webinars The Procurement Bill is close to receiving Royal Assent and on Wednesday 27 September at 10am our procurement experts begin a new series of our highly regarded 5 in 25 webinars, 5 in 25 Countdown... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
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