Chris Parr
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Assistant Editor and 8am Playbook Writer at Research Professional News
Award-winning journalist (@resprofnews @resfortnight @tes). Tips: [email protected] Non-award-winning musician: https://t.co/LGbYo3f9xn
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researchprofessionalnews.com | Chris Parr
Investigators and advisers will probe reasons and suggest solutions for Scottish institution’s financial troublesDetails have been revealed of an inquiry and an advisory taskforce that will probe what has happened and aim to find ways forward at the University of Dundee, which has a large budget deficit and could be forced to make hundreds of staff redundant.
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researchprofessionalnews.com | Chris Parr
Strikes and redundancies expected amid widespread sectoral cost-cuttingThe University and College Union has expressed concerns about the financial situations of three more English universities, as the sector continues to be plagued by widespread funding shortfalls. On 11 April the UCU called on Coventry University to provide “urgent clarification” to staff about the implications of a £59.3 million deficit revealed in its latest annual accounts.
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2 weeks ago |
researchprofessionalnews.com | Chris Parr
Image: University and College UnionEnd to fee-based system and “more regulation” on student numbers needed, union leader tells MPsThe tuition fee-based funding system in England has led to a “boom-and-bust” cycle in university finances and needs to be replaced, the general secretary of the University and College Union has said.
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researchprofessionalnews.com | Chris Parr
Image: Fiona McIntyre for Research Professional News Chair of last higher education review says government action needed to prevent university bankruptcyThe chair of the last review of post-18 education funding in England—which recommended that tuition fees be lowered to £7,500—has now called for fees to be linked to inflation to help ensure no university goes bust.
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researchprofessionalnews.com | Chris Parr
RPN Live 2025: UK diversity initiatives face “almost existential threat”, conference hearsDiversity initiatives in the UK are facing an “almost existential threat” as a result of the crackdown on equality and inclusion policies by the US government, a conference has heard.
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