Mary Synge Charity Law

Author of "The University-Charity: Challenging Perceptions in Higher Education"

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

@PrincepsOratore Through my website https://t.co/lXlPwgXM8e or LinkedIn

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

"... discussions relating to takeovers taking place in private... "
If other asset-rich large charities were talking about takeovers by private (presumably for-profit) buyers, would media and regulators take more interest?

[Chris Parr @ChrisJParr]

UK university sector ‘could lose 10,000 jobs this year’, warns UEA VC.

David Maguire said no UK institutions were immune to the risks, since all providers are “severely bound by the success of the sector”

If one domino falls...

https://t.co/mSDpcBZ6hJ

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

@123josephlee Many many congratulations to both of you! 😁

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

@mike_rat Will we see the legal framework for charity mergers in full flow, I wonder?

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

@JohnPicton5 Striking - and a matter of fundamental concern - how often "charity law" is understood to be the same as "charity legislation"....

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

@alice_venn Congratulations Alice!

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

@KSeibertAu @PhilanthropyAus Many congratulations, Krystian!

[Andrew McGettigan @amcgettigan]

A quick and dirty chart based on HESA data for 31 July 2023.
This shows cash days at each established UK HEI. The ones on the left have cash too low for comfort. Potential "distress"
The ones on the right have "excess reserves" (CC19 guidance).

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

@mike_rat Clearly it's the intention but, as I explain (sorry to mention it again but yes in my book!) , I don't think it's that straightforward - neither the Act nor the framework prohibits it

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

@mike_rat Yes, all addressed in my book, in the light of charity law context and obligations on the part of both charity and government (and specifically in relation to universities obviously)

[Mike Ratcliffe @mike_rat]

We’ve ended up where 2024 home UG students will continue to on average pay much more over their lifetime than they did in 2014 – only to have a third less spent on them each. @jim_dickinson also highlights the excessive profits of some franchises.
https://t.co/gIgxpQ8bO7

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

@mike_rat Did it 'eliminate' it?

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

@mike_rat I suspect it may be worth continuing to keep an eye on the fortunes or otherwise of this institution (see ch 10)

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

@mike_rat In a way the approved category is subject to less regulation (in terms of APS rather than APP), but the real question is why more charitable universities are not in the Approved category (which, arguably, accommodates their charitable status more closely)

[Mike Ratcliffe @mike_rat]

It’s a year since the consultation on a new approach to regulating harassment and sexual misconduct in English HE closed. I have a look at how that’s been noted in reports to the OfS board.
https://t.co/LFPaWrBUsJ

[Mary Synge Charity Law @SyngeLaw]

Well worth reading

[Katy Barnett @DrKatyBarnett]

Thoughts on the core mission for a law school and the role of Dean. https://t.co/jF9nYQHini