23 May 2013
Higher Education Funding in England - Do the alternatives add-up ?
Amid questions about the sustainability of the Coalition Government’s reforms to higher education funding in England, a new report from the university think-tank million+ and London Economics, reviews the costs and benefits of two alternative funding proposals that have been put forward.
15 May 2013
million+ comments on the HEPI and Which? report on the academic experience of students at English universities 2013
million+ comments on the HEPI and Which? report on the academic experience of students at English universities 2013
21 March 2013
million+ welcomes the emphasis on addressing inequalities in higher education in the Hefce grant allocations for 2013-14
14 March 2013
million+ responds to the ‘Higher Education in England, impact of the 2012 reforms’ report from HEFCE
million+ responds to Hefce's first major review of the impact of the 2012 reforms on student participation and higher education institutions in England
6 March 2013
New report celebrates 21 years of ‘modern’ universities
University think-tank million+ publishes ‘Breaking with Tradition: Universities@21’, a pamphlet marking the 21st anniversary of the Further and Higher Education Act which extended university title to higher education institutions throughout the UK.
28 February 2013
Universities share dismay of MPs at Government approach to overseas students
million+ comments on the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee’s report, “Too little, too late”, which is published on 28 February 2013. Pam Tatlow, Chief Executive of million+ says: “The dismay of MPs on the BIS Committee at the Government’s response to their Committee’s report on overseas students and net migration will be widely shared by universities."
28 February 2013
University think-tank million+ announces new leader
The university think tank, million+, announces its new Chair, Professor Michael Gunn, Vice Chancellor of Staffordshire University.
18 February 2013
Economic cost of higher tuition fees almost 6.5 times greater than potential Treasury savings
The short-term economic benefits resulting from changes to higher education funding in England will be outweighed by the long-term costs of the system according to new figures published by university think tank million+ on Monday 18 February 2013. Overall, these longer term costs far outweigh the short run Treasury savings - by approximately 6.5 times.
11 February 2013
University think-tank million+ response to the EU budget
The university think-tank million+ welcomes the real terms increase in research and Erasmus funding outlined in the budget agreement reached by EU leaders last week (8 February) but warned that “the devil will be in the detail”.
7 February 2013
million+ comments on HEFCE funding letter 2013-14 which reveals ‘loss’ of graduates and investment in higher education
In a letter to Vice-Chancellors published today (7 February) the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) has written to Vice-Chancellors outlining how it intends to fund universities in 2013-14. The university think-tank million+ has said that the rapid transition in funding regimes revealed by the letter illustrates the extent to which universities are being required to manage ‘a revolution’ in funding but that the downturn in the number of full-time students and the significant fall in the number of part-time students will mean that the Treasury will lose out as a result of these ‘lost’ graduates.
30 January 2013
Latest UCAS statistics show modest improvements but no bounce-back
Commenting on the latest UCAS data for applications in the 2013 cycle, Pam Tatlow, Chief Executive of the university think-tank, million+ said:
“This modest improvement in applications is welcome but no-one should be under any illusions – this is not a bounce-back. There is a long way to recovery and the Government needs to do much more to promote the value of higher education."
23 January 2013
Poor quality careers advice risks “talent and potential going to waste”
million+ responds to Education Select Committee report on deteriorating quality of careers advice and says it "risks talent and potential going to waste" and could have an "adverse effect on univeristy applications".
