Financing universities - is there a way out of the maze?

Barr, Nicholas ORCID: 0000-0002-5325-2055 (2025) Financing universities - is there a way out of the maze? British Politics and Policy at LSE (15 Jul 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Universities are in a financial pickle. Home fees are not enough to cover the cost of teaching home students, while the number of foreign students and the fees they are charged cannot rise much further. To add to that, the Government is now proposing a 6 per cent levy on tuition fees from foreign students in order to fund other education and skills programmes. Nicholas Barr argues that the only way out of this financial dead end for universities is for the Government to recoup more money from student loans than it currently does.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	European Institute
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2025 23:13
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2025 23:13
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129222

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