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UK: Universities claim millions for dropouts
16.05.2010
UK
universities have wrongfully claimed tens of millions of pounds from
the taxpayer for students who have dropped out of courses, according to
documents the government tried to keep secret, write Jack Grimston and
Melanie Newman for The Times. In the papers, officials accuse
universities of "artfully misconstruing" data in a "coordinated
approach" to ensure they could claim as much as possible from the
taxpayer. They found half the universities they checked were taking the
extra money.The documents also list seven universities and colleges at "higher risk" because of various financial problems. Those on the list include London Metropolitan, which has been ordered by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to pay back £36.5 million (US$54 million) it wrongly claimed from the taxpayer. The papers show both the council and David Lammy, the Labour universities minister, considered closing down London Met before discovering that a legal loophole meant they did not have the powers.
Figures released this weekend show audits carried out on other institutions in the wake of the London Met scandal led to a further clawback of £50 million. The total of more than £86 million would be enough to fund an entire university for a year.
Full report on The Times site
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