Universities UK's main work in this area is currently focused on submissions to the Independent Review of University Funding and Student Finance led by Lord Browne.

Review Submission - May 2010

Our second submission to the Review consisted of:

• Universities UK Submission to the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance (.pdf, 267kb) - call for proposals (May 2010)
• Institute for Fiscal Studies The public expenditure and distributional implications of reforming student loans and grants (.pdf, 458kb)
• Media Release - Universities UK calls for urgent reform of funding for higher education 

Video Evidence

Video of Professor Steve Smith, President of Universities UK giving evidence to the Review on Thursday 20th May.

 
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Review Submission - January 2010

Our first submission to this Review consisted of:

• Independent Review of Funding and Student Finance - First call for evidence (.pdf 444kb) to the questions in the Phase 1 call for evidence
• Our report, Making it count: how universities are using income from variable fees (.pdf 1mb), which showed how universities had used the income from variable fees
• Our report, Variable tuition fees in England: assessing their impact on students and higher education institutions A fourth report (.pdf 1.5mb), which assessed the impact of variable fees since their introduction in 2006

Video Evidence

Video of Professor Steve Smith, President of Universities UK giving evidence to the Review on Thursday 28th January.

 
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Funding podcast

Podcast on funding issues (5.6MB .mp3) (03 August 2010)

Dr Juliet Chester, Head of Policy and Data Analysis, talks about the funding issues affecting the higher education sector. A transcript of the podcast on funding issues is available.