article_snippet: Graduates leave the the Great Hall after a degree ceremony at Birmingham University (stock photo).
article_snippet: UK universities are independent institutions but UK universities receive public grants, and students receive government loans to pay tuition fees.
article_snippet: Around 16 per cent- 24 institutions - did not respond or cited exemptions and did not release the requested information.
article_snippet: GCU is the first Scottish university to open a campus in London and GCU established the UK’s first campus in New York in 2013/14, with further key partnerships in Bangladesh, Oman and South Africa.
article_snippet: the first Scottish university to open a campus in London is transparent about expenses incurred.