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A private company is looking to run a university’s entire infrastructure following the announcement of a sharp reduction in state funding for capital projects in the academy.

In allocations for 2010-11 unveiled last month by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, capital funding will fall by £135 million or 15 per cent.

One response could be for universities to hand over responsibility for parts of their infrastructure to the private sector …

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