POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 20 DECEMBER 2023 New procurement thresholds from 1 January 2024 From 1 January 2024, the procurement thresholds under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Concessions Contracts Regulations 2016, and the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, will be revised... Read more Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read Contracts and procurement
POSTED BY SIAN JACKSON | 18 DECEMBER 2023 Government consults over minimum service levels in Higher Education The Government has now made good its promise to include Higher Education within the scope of its consultation on minimum service levels in the education sector during industrial action... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY GARY ATTLE | 14 DECEMBER 2023 Higher Education free speech complaints scheme The Office for Students has published two consultations today (14 December 2023) in respect of its incoming obligations under the new legislation... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY GAVIN CARR | 13 DECEMBER 2023 Review of Graduate Route visa announced The Government has announced that the Migration Advisory Committee will be carrying out a review of the Graduate Route... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY SIAN JACKSON | 6 DECEMBER 2023 Financial resilience: voluntary severance schemes As financial pressure continues, we are advising universities on Voluntary Severance (“VS”) schemes to help reduce overheads... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY MATTHEW HOWLING | 23 NOVEMBER 2023 University trustees: duties, liabilities and insurance When money is tight and borrowing expensive, good governance can be crucial to guiding the institution and providing an appropriate level of scrutiny... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY ROBERT RENFREE | 22 NOVEMBER 2023 Failure to prevent fraud offence and changes to the identification principle A new corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent fraud, punishable by unlimited fine, will come into force next year (on a date to be confirmed)... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY GAVIN CARR | 21 NOVEMBER 2023 University financial resilience: UKVI and international students The economic, as well as the broader social and cultural, benefits brought to universities by international students are well known... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY CHRISTIAN BULL | 20 NOVEMBER 2023 Resilience and the university estate The maintenance and improvement of university estates is an ongoing challenge – pressures on funding; challenging carbon neutral, net-zero targets; a post-Covid environment and uncertainty over student numbers... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY MATTHEW HOWLING | 16 NOVEMBER 2023 Breaching a financial covenant: what a university needs to know The ratios which lenders use to assess the financial health of their borrower are again under pressure, whether because of student recruitment not matching projections, interest rate increases or inflation impacting costs generally... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
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