Financial Mismanagement and Financial Waste in Universities - Media Archive
Financial Issues and Financial Wrongdoing
University rich list revealed as figures show over 4,000 staff are paid more than £100,000 a year
Half of elite university bosses handed larger pay packets despite crackdown
The financial health of our institutions: are we measuring the right things?
Union criticises UEL over deals to house firms where v-c had ties
Former Dundee University principal can stay in luxury flat despite claims he failed to pay rent
Wellcome Trust spends £114,000 on lawyers to defeat Onslow Square leaseholder in £6,000 dispute
The Guardian view on funding universities: the market model isn’t working
Big university gender pay gap revealed
Nearly three quarters of British universities fall in global rankings
Why are UK universities falling in the global rankings?
UK universities record worst performance to date in international league tables
UK universities suffer worst-ever rankings in world league table
De Montfort University officials caught lobbying to get honour for vice-chancellor
New report urges De Montfort University to make changes at the top
Former DMU vice-chancellor Dominic Shellard left with a £479k financial package
Police investigate alleged bribery at Swansea University
Swansea University sack vice chancellor and dean of management school for gross misconduct
Former vice chancellor of Swansea University loses appeal against gross misconduct dismissal
Newcastle University lecturer slams 'callous' axeing of staff during coronavirus pandemic
Bangor Uni head 'harassment' allegation revealed
Bangor VC's controversial emails
Why does university chief Michael Arthur attract so much hostility?
Oxford University criticised for accepting oligarch's £75m donation
How fake award for a tycoon left Oxford University open to Chinese influence
Former Google CFO quits as chair of Oxford university spin-off arm
Oxford University uses lockdown loophole to allow in-person MBA teaching
Ethics fly out of the window at Oxford University when big donors come calling
Just what was it exactly that Oxford University saw in the billionaire boss of Ineos?
University reputations risk being tarnished by business links
Jesus College, Cambridge, urged to cut ties with China
Cambridge fellows tutor Beijing elite in art of leadership
Uighurs’ plight not suitable for debate — Cambridge don
Cambridge professor whose role was ‘funded by China’ cautioned against Uyghur debate
Huawei ‘infiltrates’ Cambridge University research centre
Jesus college accepted £155,000 contribution from Huawei
Money laundering fears as universities accept £52m in cash
Vice-Chancellors' Pay
Half of elite university bosses handed larger pay packets despite crackdown
Imperial College London head Alice Gast tops universities pay league with £554,000
Universities accused of 'importing Sports Direct model' for lecturers' pay
Uni Vice Chancellors face parliamentary investigation into their rising pay
Vice-Chancellor’s salary criticised by Cambridge groups
Is this the end of the 'fat-cat' university bosses?
University VC average salary package hits $890,000
Universities could face 'significant' fines over vice-chancellor pay packages, regulator warns
Fatcat Vice Chancellors are a symptom of higher education's obsession with money
Universities could face 'significant' fines over vice-chancellor pay packages, regulator warns
Fat cat university bosses raking in £332,000 each — with some salaries reaching up to £500,000
The fat cats have got their claws into our universities, and will eat them up
University heads feathering nests with salary top-ups, claims union
Vice-chancellors paid £500,000 or more at six universities in England
Edinburgh University paid £26,000 to move Principal’s pets and belongings
Former University of Aberdeen principal asked to repay £119,000
Vice chancellor in line for £830,000 pay package despite universities' pledge to show wage restraint
College chief claimed £27k in expenses
We found out if your uni’s Vice Chancellor got a pay rise during the pandemic
University vice-chancellors quietly bump salaries back up
Stephen Toope embodied all that is rotten about our universities
While students get Zoom, leaders of top universities get bumper paydays
UCU Universities' VCs' pay and Table of VCs' pay
Management and Financial Management
UK universities turn to private market as debts rack up
Universities, finance capital and the impact of Covid-19
Being set up to fail? The battle to save the UK’s Universities from speculative finance
Struggling UK universities warn staff of possible job cuts
Potential job losses as Aberystwyth University to save £11m
Festive redundancies in UK Higher Education
These are the UK unis taking out the most gigantic loans
Bankers fret at ‘reckless’ universities
Sussex University: The McGettigan Report
UK universities face a crisis of over-ambitious expansion
Half of university tuition fees spent on teaching
Universities should put their own finances in order before seeking a public bailout
Warning over UCL finances after rapid expansion
Ratings agency warns of 'negative outlook' on seven institutions
Universities including Oxford and Cambridge at risk of downgrade in donor drought, warns Moody’s
Nearly 25% of English universities in deficit last year, figures show
Number of English universities in financial deficit increases
Will recruiting more home students be enough to help providers who will lose out internationally?
Spiralling costs, high debt and Brexit: can UK universities survive?
Universities are pleading for a bailout to paper over their failures
More than quarter of UK HE institutions post deficits
Number of English universities in financial deficit increases
We won't bail out failing universities, says higher education regulator
UCL accused of risking financial ‘body blow’ as borrowing doubles in a year
Fines for universities using low offers to ‘poach’ students from rivals
Unis could go bust if coronavirus keeps international students away, experts warn
Coronavirus: Universities fear fall in lucrative overseas students
Chinese pay 25% of fees at Russell Group universities
'Treated like cash cows': international students at top London universities withhold £29,000 fees
University of Manchester students pass vote of no confidence in boss
Coronavirus: which of the UK’s famous institutions face financial ruin?
Coronavirus: Universities warn of going bust without emergency funds
British universities were already in crisis before the pandemic. Will they survive Covid-19?
University of Sheffield begins tearing down new £65m building after blunder
Sheffield Uni has bought £400k worth of pianos despite staff cuts
How can universities climb out of the coming financial abyss?
Half of £65m Sheffield building project to be torn down in huge blow for university
Universities face a financial storm – that's why we need government help
Universities want £2bn bailout as foreign students stay away
Cambridge University is seeking financial help from the Government, vice-Chancellor reveals
Uni furloughs staff whilst Vice Chancellor keeps £450k salary
Staff refused access to furlough scheme demand apology from University of the West of Scotland
56% of Durham staff on precarious contracts as pandemic increases job insecurity
Oxford colleges pay ‘unliveable’ wages despite pledge by university
College hiring wine cellar assistant despite Covid cash crisis in universities
Newcastle University has terminated the contracts of 8 Politics staff members
Oxford University to cut 81 cancer research jobs by Christmas
University of Kent to cut almost 150 full-time jobs
Temporary work at £9 an hour. No wonder lecturers are balloting to strike
UK universities plead for billions of pounds in support
Scotland's ancient universities and their reliance on foreign students
Coronavirus Exposes Class Conflict in Britain’s Universities
Covid: Teaching delays 'another blow' for Wales uni students
Huddersfield University's Bahrain degree 'providing torture hub with legitimacy'
Cambridge University accused of Faustian pact in planned £400m deal with UAE
The great British Con: How the British Degree Lost its Value
Universities must learn from banks to survive after Covid-19 shutdown
Oxbridge colleges open to tourists but not students as undergraduates say it is a 'slap in the face'
Ministers may move university applications to after A-level results
Even before coronavirus, UK university finances were on the brink
Government 'could bail out top universities if in financial danger'
Hundreds of university staff to be made redundant due to coronavirus
Oxford University workers 'face uncertain future' says campaign group
University proposes online-only degrees as part of radical restructuring
'I feel like a number': unhappy UK students blocked from deferring studies
Covid-19 shows up UK universities' shameful employment practices
Cambridge college threatens to evict students if a Covid-19 outbreak occurs
Coronavirus: 'I paid for my student house, now all my lectures are online'
UK universities 'bullying' junior staff into face-to-face teaching
UK universities accused of keeping students at all costs until after fee deadline
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a crisis in the UK universities
'Exhausted' Bournemouth student's pandemic post goes viral
Cardiff University apology after students called 'idiots'
Covid student chaos: Paying £30k a year and begging security for food
International student’s family forced to sell heirlooms to fund son’s £20k a year tuition fees
Edinburgh Uni fresher speaks out over 'failing' mental health support for struggling students
The international students struggling to feed themselves in lockdown
Institutions at risk due to Covid-19: a tool kit for members and negotiators
UK university student halls too full to be safe, experts warn
Covid in Scotland: University outbreaks were ‘accident waiting to happen’
UK purpose-built student accommodation market valued at more than £50bn
UK Student Accommodation Report 2019/20 (Cushman Wakefield)
Should those running universities declare if they are masons?
The international students struggling to feed themselves in lockdown
Overseas students behind with fees could face axe from courses
The international students going hungry in the UK
FOCUS: MANAGERIALISM, DEMOCRACY AND THE NEW POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENGLISH HIGHER EDUCATION
Clare College refuses to pay £3,000 compensation to a student it wrongly suspended
Cambridge colleges accused of exploiting ‘gig economy’ tutors
Christ Church Oxford Feud
Oxford dons and dean of Christ Church in feud over email slurs
A scandal in Oxford: the curious case of the stolen gospel
Oxford University’s mortar‑board mafia meets the evangelicals in a tale of biblical intrigue
Christ Church Oxford tries to silence defence of dean
Oxford don held in theft case was given huge loan by Christ Church college
A scandal in Oxford: the curious case of the stolen gospel
Bitter row ruining Oxford college reputation, says watchdog
Can there be a truce in the bitter battle of the dean v Christ Church?
Oxford college rocked by allegations of leaks and blackmail
Imperial College VC Bullying Scandal
Imperial College President and CFO investigated for bullying
Imperial College accused of cover-up over claims of bullying by president
Imperial students call for VC Alice Gast to resign after she admits to bullying claims
‘Bullying’ university leaders keep jobs
Imperial College London leaders admit they bullied colleagues
Imperial College London’s Alice Gast ‘very sorry’ for bullying
Imperial College staff demand senior executives resign after report exposes bullying of colleagues
Bullying scandal university blames ‘clerical error’ for changes to HR policy
College responds to Union request for “clarity” following bullying inquiry
Imperial College under investigation by OfS over bullying scandal