University financial resilience taskforce

Universities are experiencing increasing economic headwinds in an environment which gives them little room for manoeuvre. Our cross-disciplinary taskforce is here to help.

Universities are facing an unprecedented combination of financial headwinds.

This creates the possibility that a registered provider may exit the higher education market in the next twelve months, which is leading to increased vigilance among lenders, pension funds and the Office for Students itself.

We've created a cross-disciplinary higher education financial resilience taskforce to help our clients navigate these headwinds. The taskforce will:

Help institutions manage their stakeholders – such as their regulators, lenders and pension schemes – in this challenging financial environment.
Be on hand to provide practical advice and solutions informed by the real-life experience of other institutions facing these challenges.
Help institutions address issues before they become critical.

The blogs below give an insight into the work of the taskforce and offer some practical tips on managing these challenges. If you'd like a more in-depth discussion about financial resilience and what we are seeing on this in the sector, please contact Matthew Howling or Sarah Seed, or your usual Mills & Reeve contact.