Private sector

Institution targets untapped foreign market

Proposed rules on designation call for ‘robust’ quality and finance checks

Thinktank calls on federal government to level the playing field

Cross-party group will review for-profit higher education operators

For-profits welcome delay but may have to get ready for quality assessment, John Morgan writes

By Ry Rivard, for Inside Higher Ed

But implementation delayed over ‘serious concerns’

Regent’s College will become the latest private provider to gain university status, with the charitable institution hoping to boost its international prospects and join Universities UK as a result.

Accreditation change could leave US for-profit’s finances in ashes. John Morgan writes

‘Draconian’ numbers cap could snuff out sector, coalition warned

Institutional review approves academic standards but says ‘lack of clarity’ in marketing claims could be ‘misleading’

But registrar insists management is on the right track

Private university’s new course awaits General Medical Council approval as critics decry projected £144,000 price

Regent’s College is to take over the American InterContinental University London in what is thought to be the first UK acquisition of a for-profit by a not-for-profit higher education provider.

The University of Gloucestershire has agreed to validate a range of pre-degree courses for international students as part of a new tie-up with private firm INTO University Partnerships.

New UK-validated for-profit college to sell itself on sun, sea and low fees

John Holmwood warns that firms with closed-door government access will turn state-funded public assets into private profit

The promotion of student employability by universities is “a problem” and the growing power of the student voice amounts to “surveillance” of lecturers, an academic has warned.

Band Aid founder is latest high-profile guest lecturer at MBA college

John Morgan reports on FTSE 100 firm’s HE strategy

French concerned by lack of entrance requirements at private institution. Clea Caulcutt reports

Hefce uneasy over University of Law deal and process for private applicants. John Morgan reports

The critics of private-sector higher education can muster plenty of hostility - even hatred - towards its providers but precious few reasoned arguments, according to Peter Crisp

The Quality Assurance Agency will be bailed out by the taxpayer if it is sued by a private college that fails an inspection, it has emerged.

Unions protest over transfer of academic support services to external firm. Jack Grove reports

The private equity firm that owns the UK’s first for-profit university will have a say in controlling the institution’s academic authority.

Behind closed doors, elite institutions were highly critical of White Paper reforms, finds John Morgan

Taxpayer-backed funding for students at private colleges rose by 138 per cent to £100 million last year, with a private equity-owned institution that did not meet all quality standards accounting for more than a fifth of that total.

Legal expert identifies ‘unclear’ structure of landmark in coalition policy. John Morgan reports