Private higher education providers
Fees and integrity checks designed for long-stay students risk decimating sector and depriving universities of future enrolments
‘Unique’ university-company partnership would produce GPs geared for country practice without eroding other schools’ placements, backers say
Buyers remain keen on UK higher education despite financial turmoil – but bringing in private equity can create challenges for educators
New city-like development planned in Kuala Lumpur’s suburbs complete with fledgling institution headed up by former Nottingham Malaysia CEO
Institutions warn delays after reopening of English sector registrations are jeopardising their financial sustainability
Classes to be held at iconic venue on non-matchdays as footballers’ institution seeks to counter international student shortfall
Analysis shows that one provider has increased its number of subcontracted students by 500 per cent
Fair admissions and effective management should cover all areas of university operations, education minister tells v-cs in letter
New subsidiaries and mergers expected after ministers insist on OfS registration for any institution teaching more than 300 students
Proposed integrity bill risks making it almost impossible for new entrants to launch, starving sector of innovation, experts warn
Innovation expert who previously held senior roles at RMIT back Down Under after four-year stint in West Midlands
Qantas and McDonald’s move into Australian higher education delivery, offering institutions employer-led pathways and potential new income streams
Buyers likely to require drastic changes to move ahead with sale, experts say, as institution seeks to move on from torrid year
Concerns raised over proposals that would allow the OfS to halt payments to franchised providers without investigation
Institution at centre of franchising debate says it has lost all its students since courses de-designated
Ex-employees threaten legal action after collapse of private provider leaves salaries unpaid
Institution singled out by minister because of ‘recruitment and attendance’ concerns experienced an ‘obvious injustice’, says leader
Latest tweaks to international education rules accentuate gap between treatment of public universities and increasingly desperate private colleges
Regulation proposed after concerns about quality but critics say it presents ‘individual solutions to collective problem’
Visa fee hikes and processing delays achieved scuttled legislation’s goals to limit incoming students, data suggests
Office for Students (OfS) proposes to create new condition of registration as some partnerships ‘still being mismanaged’
Courses at Brit College de-designated as investigation into quality concerns continues
Buckinghamshire New University ends partnership ties with three institutions as it attempts to ‘remove its reliance’ on subcontracting
English regulator tells institution its checks and oversight were insufficient after subcontracted provision tripled in two years
Unregistered providers account for more than half of franchised tuition fee money claimed in past three years, new figures show
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson takes action over concerns about attendance and recruitment at Oxford Business College
Private providers needed to fills gaps for working adults even as government focuses on public sector
Pilot and engineer training provider suddenly enters administration after operating for 90 years, with most courses ending immediately
Now-closed private provider also documented education students working in cafes, clothes shops and building firms as part of their course
Proliferation of for-profit providers sparks concerns of ‘abusive practices’ including misrepresentation and tuition fee fraud
Chinese students are crucial to Thailand’s international education ambitions, but quality concerns pose a risk
Institutions with more than 300 students to be subjected to new rules as part of planned government ‘crackdown’ on poor-quality provision
‘Anti-woke’ James Tooley back in charge at private institution as ‘serious allegations’ dismissed
Buckinghamshire New leader says regulator needs to take stronger action on subcontracted courses
Institutions falling short of recruitment targets will have to reform in order to receive subsidies, with extra on offer to those which merge
Cintana targets growing Indian market as presence grows among private universities and education investors
Some educators worry new arrangement could leave them worse off than planned thresholds, but government says it is ‘well placed’ to alleviate visa delays
Regulator accused of ‘dereliction of duty’ and faces potential legal action after temporarily shutting down key processes
Multi-pronged government crackdown succeeds where coronavirus and international financial crises failed
Driven more by pragmatism than purism, Asia’s new wave of industry-linked universities is shaking up the sector
‘Invisible regulators’ to ask harder questions of UK sector investment decisions, professor claims
Private colleges set to be hit with punitive limits on overseas recruitment, despite being among the top performers in government-commissioned surveys
Ensure that your exit causes minimal inconvenience, regulator tells private colleges
Japanese women’s institution decided not to go ahead with nursing school after ministry pushback, but had already hired faculty
Booming business school that withheld 20 per cent of lecturers’ pay unless they passed nearly all students is heavily criticised by watchdog
Reputable colleges stripped of students while thousands of places go to institutions focusing elsewhere or facing closure
Some universities pressurising students to stay on unsuitable courses, risking their reputations in pursuit of fees, OfS report highlights
Partnerships and flexibility seen as key to company’s continued growth but others may struggle to follow in its path
Structurally disadvantaged in teaching Australian students, new private colleges face international enrolment veto until they have taught domestic students
Applied Business Academy faces scrutiny over management and governance arrangements, as well as data reporting
Outspoken enemy of sector regulators steps down as principal of private college, more than six decades after entering higher education sector
University says donation was meant to have been made personally by Ravi Gill, owner of the operating company
Hefty pay packages and patchy record on declaring financial data should prompt tougher scrutiny of for-profit sector, says critic
Private equity firm that owns one of the UK’s few private universities seeking to make triple its initial investment in latest deal
London Interdisciplinary School has geared its courses around tackling real-world challenges, but some students seem reluctant to step outside the traditional higher education sector
Multinational conglomerates have long been in the university business, but can they really compete when it comes to impact?
In latest intervention by conservative-dominated judiciary, proprietary schools temporarily avoid seeing student loan eligibility tied to period of degree requirements
Current over-regulation is stifling innovation in a sector that has the potential to become just as renowned as UK higher education, says Alex Proudfoot
Private providers make biggest payouts to departing principals
Quality regulation poses the biggest challenge as Bangladesh moves to expand PhD courses to private universities
