Spending Review: Universities ‘to face £4.2bn cut’
Universities in England face funding cuts of £4.2bn in the coming Spending Review, an e-mail leaked to the BBC News website suggests.
Universities UK head Professor Steve Smith wrote to vice-chancellors saying this week’s Browne Review set out figures that “confirm our worst fears”.
He says they signal a £3.2bn or 79% cut from teaching and £1bn from research in next week’s Spending Review …