Talk:List of universities in the United Kingdom by endowment

message: Hi , would you be able to share your workings on Cambridge's endowment? I am quite surprised by the extent to which its endowment has decreased, even taking into account the new accounting procedure. When you were going through the statements, did you notice any footnotes to explain their decrease in endowments? For example, the 2015-16 University of Surrey Financial Statement explained why their financial endowment fell so significantly.
I look forward to hearing from you. EmyRussell (talk) 01:24, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: 2016 Cambridge Endowment

message: Is it necessary to have so much columns? Looking at the endowment list pages for Canada, Australia and South Africa the data for them only goes back to 2011.EmyRussell (talk) 19:33, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: @Robminchin @AloneInTheWild I have noticed that the two of you have previously edited this page. I would really appreciate your thoughts about this matter. I personally think that this page is too cluttered and would like to remove data from 2006-07 as well as universities which do not have a notable endowment. EmyRussell (talk) 23:33, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  That sound like a very sensible option to me. As it is at the moment, it's hard to edit and difficult to read. Thanks for suggesting it! Robminchin (talk) 23:53, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal to remove 2006 & 2007 Data

message: Are there any more recent figures availible?
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These seem like very small numbers for such big name universities, perhaps i will check the links to make sure the numbers are right  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.21.178.151 (talk) 16:49, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Statistics

message: London is currently 'including colleges' - but there is only one year for which this information was actually available. I suggest moving London to 'excluding colleges', which is available from their annual financial statements (£79.2M in 2015).Robminchin (talk) 18:57, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: University of London

message: A discrepancy has arisen on this. The figure for the current university endowment on the University of Reading page shows the endowment for the 'Group' (£127.7 million), as shown in the University's financial statements. The figure for the current university endowment shown on this page formerly showed the group endowment, but when the page was (very sensibly) restructured to show the various universities in broad 'bands' of endowment, the figure taken for Reading for this year and for preceding years was for the University itself (£13.9 million, for 2014-15). This obviously makes a great difference to the relative position of the University. Some consensus needs to be reached on which is the more appropriate figure to use. Most Universities seem not to make a distinction between 'University' and 'Group' endowments. The fact that the figures for the 'Group' appear throughout the consolidated statements of the University of Reading suggest that they are likely to be the more appropriate, but it is not self-evident why the distinction is made. I have placed a similar post on the Talk section of 'University of Reading'.Ntmr (talk) 18:53, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: University of Reading