Finance

Bucks New University has been awarded a grant to arrange 40 internships in small and medium sized companies across the Thames Valley region.

With increased economic pressure, businesses are scrutinizing every aspect of their working capital cycle to ensure availability and certainty of cashflow.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England has provisionally announced universities and colleges will be allocated £7,356 million in funding for the 2010-11 academic year.

With increased economic pressure, businesses are scrutinizing every aspect of their working capital cycle to ensure availability and certainty of cashflow.

In partnership with Barclays Commercial Bank, University Business brings you a series of guides

On 11th December, Universities UK brought together a leading panel of Vice-Chancellors, higher education experts and student representatives, as well as eminent figures from the world of business,

A tightening credit market has made it more difficult for businesses to get the funding they need. Whether it is to invest for the future, or for working capital requirements, getting funding from a bank is vital for business.

In the current economic climate, maximising the way surplus cash is managed and invested is key to having the available working capital to see you through the recession.

A ComRes poll, commissioned by the 1994 Group of leading universities, shows that 86% of the UK public back further investment in higher education to maintain the quality of teaching and research.

Whilst it is not certain when the recession will come to an end, it is safe to assume that 2010 will be another tough year. As part of their Turning the Corner campaign Barclays have produced a series of financial guides, the first of which, The Road to Recovery, may be viewed
here.

The cap on student fees must be lifted if universities are to continue to provide the high-quality scientists the UK needs, warns John Holman, director of the government-funded National Science Learning Centre.