accounting

Created
Fri, 27/11/2020 - 02:48
Given the relative absence of higher education from yesterday’s Autumn Statement, I turned my attention to the Department for Education’s 2019/20 annual accounts, which were published earlier this month. Regarding student loans, we have been in something of a hiatus since 2018, when Theresa May announced an review of post-18 funding and commissioned the Augar […]
Created
Sun, 01/05/2022 - 21:43
I have seen some confusions recently on twitter regarding university finances. Here are four recommendations: Avoid using sector aggregate figures to make your argumentsThe sector is very uneven both in terms of size of institutions and in financial performance, make sure you are familiar with your institution and how it fits into the sector. Avoid […]
Created
Fri, 03/12/2021 - 18:20
An important area of concern among many cryptocurrency proponents revolves around the idea that the current banking and government finance systems are inherently unstable or inflationary. Ultimately all finance is about debits and credits, assets and liabilities. How would total adoption of crypto by a country change these?