A history of university income in the United Kingdom and Australia, 1922–2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to create comparable time series data on university income in Australia and the UK that might be used as a resource for those seeking to understand the changing funding profile of universities in the two countries and for those seeking to investigate how such data...

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Published in:History of education review 2020-12, Vol.49 (2), p.229-248
Main Author: Pietsch, Tamson
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Colleges & universities
Committees
Comparative Analysis
Educational finance
Educational history
Expenditure per Student
Expenditures
Financial support
Foreign Students
Funding
Government (Administrative Body)
Grants
Higher education
History
Income
International relations
Statistical analysis
Student Recruitment
Time
Tuition
Universities
University administration
University history
University role
War
World War I
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Summary:PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to create comparable time series data on university income in Australia and the UK that might be used as a resource for those seeking to understand the changing funding profile of universities in the two countries and for those seeking to investigate how such data were produced and utilised.Design/methodology/approachA statistical analysis of university income from all sources in the UK and Australia.FindingsThe article produces a new time series for Australia and a comparable time series for the UK. It suggests some of the ways these data related to broader patterns of economic change, sketches the possibility of strategic influence, and outlines some of their limitations.Originality/valueThis is the first study to systematically create a time series on Australian university income across the twentieth century and present it alongside a comparable dataset for the UK.
ISSN:0819-8691
2054-5649
DOI:10.1108/HER-06-2020-0040