Blame, Responsibility and Other Unfunded Activities
Chapter 15
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Evidence used
Material used to support factual claims and explanations in this chapter.
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Regulatory Policy Committee / Department for Education — 14 January 2026
Real-terms erosion of the English fee limit and the rationale for the 2026/27 and 2027/28 increases.
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UK Statutory Instrument 2026 No. 329
Statutory fee limits for 2026/27 and 2027/28.
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Department for Education — October 2025, updated 21 November 2025
Government commitment to legislate for automatic future fee-cap increases linked to inflation.
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Australian Government Department of Education — updated 22 January 2025
Public contributions for Commonwealth-supported places.
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Australian Government Department of Education — 26 June 2025
Published indexed rates for Australian higher education in 2026.
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Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science — accessed August 2026
Activity-based university teaching funding and the conversion of examinations passed into funded student-years.
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Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science — accessed August 2026
Employment and study-time components of Danish funding.
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Kultusministerkonferenz — accessed August 2026
The Hochschulpakt 2020, its study-place capacity function and continuation through the Zukunftsvertrag Studium und Lehre stärken.
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Higher Education Authority, Ireland — accessed August 2026
Four-year Irish performance agreements, annual reporting and strategy and performance dialogue.
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OECD — 2023
Finnish performance agreements, projected core funding, formula allocation and comparative limitations of institutional agreements.
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National Association of College and University Business Officers — 12 February 2025
Endowment sample, withdrawals, operating contribution and spending purposes.
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Office for Students — 14 May 2026, corrected 15 June 2026
Current English financial resilience, liquidity, credit and recruitment evidence.
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Government of the Netherlands — accessed August 2026
Dutch university grant calculation and discretion over teaching and research expenditure.
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European University Association — 2022
Comparative use of formulas, performance agreements, target-setting and historical or block-grant allocation.
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OECD — 2024
Comparative indicators on higher education funding, participation and governance.
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European Education and Culture Executive Agency — 2025, covering 2023/24
Comparative overview of European fee and student-support arrangements.
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National Association of College and University Business Officers
Background on endowment restrictions, spending and long-term management.
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