UK MPs Warn 24 English Universities Face Insolvency Risk Within 12 Months

3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 12

Twenty-four English higher education providers could become insolvent or exit the market within 12 months, MPs said, warning students need stronger protection if a university collapses.
The Education Select Committee urged an early-warning system and a formal protocol for mergers, restructuring or orderly closure, saying intervention should start before finances reach crisis point.
The report said years of frozen undergraduate fees have strained finances, pushing universities to rely on international students, who make up a quarter of enrolments but provide more than 45% of fee income.
A further 26 institutions were flagged as at risk within two to three years, while unions and student leaders pressed for direct government intervention; ministers said higher fee caps and wider reforms would stabilize the sector.

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