ABSTRACT

Full of tried and tested case material, examples and useful illustrations, this book considers the latest developments and covers all levels of financial management from the structure of the management of institutions right down to the course level and managing budgets.

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

Overview

chapter |1 pages

Private individuals

chapter |5 pages

Chief executive role

chapter 2|7 pages

Financing the Higher Education sector

chapter |5 pages

Funding for further education

chapter |8 pages

Research income

chapter |7 pages

International profile of HE

chapter |1 pages

Increased public funding

chapter |1 pages

Increased income from users of HE

chapter |7 pages

Student fees

chapter 3|12 pages

Allocating resources in the HE sector

What is resource allocation about?

chapter |6 pages

Capability research

chapter |5 pages

Strengths of the current methodology

chapter 4|6 pages

Strategic business planning

The financial dimension

chapter |8 pages

SWOT analysis

chapter |1 pages

Case study 4.2 Investment appraisal

chapter |1 pages

Expenditure budgets

chapter |7 pages

Budget framework General principles

chapter |2 pages

Capital budgets

chapter |5 pages

Budgetary variance analysis

chapter 6|1 pages

Costing and costing systems

chapter |1 pages

Budget reporting

chapter 7|7 pages

Pricing

chapter |2 pages

Total costs and marginal costs

chapter |3 pages

Activity-based costing

chapter |2 pages

Stage 1: Attribution of estates costs

chapter |16 pages

Cost disaggregation

chapter |1 pages

Costing strategies and policies

chapter 7|1 pages

Pricing

chapter |1 pages

Promotion

chapter |5 pages

Case study 7.3 Pricing and promotion

chapter |4 pages

Understanding the market

chapter |2 pages

Case study 7.4 Marginal cost pricing

chapter |3 pages

Sectoral factors

chapter 8|2 pages

Financial control and audit

chapter |4 pages

The financial memorandum (FM) of HEIs

chapter |4 pages

Funding council guidance

chapter |9 pages

Internal audit

chapter |2 pages

Annex 2 The Financial Memorandum

chapter 9|3 pages

Financial accounting and accountability

chapter |10 pages

International accounting standards

chapter |2 pages

Professional staff

chapter |4 pages

Market testing and outsourcing

chapter 11|8 pages

Improving performance in the HE sector

The finance function contribution

chapter 12|5 pages

Future trends in the HE sector

The financial implications

chapter |4 pages

Student finance arrangements

chapter |7 pages

Increased overseas students

chapter |1 pages

Research

chapter |1 pages

Appendix: recent developments

Recent developments Progress of the Higher Education Bill

chapter |3 pages

References

chapter |1 pages

Further information and reading