Research and student places protected as Scots announce cuts
Funding for Scottish higher education is to be cut, but university places and research cash will be maintained at their current levels.
The reduction in funding for 2011-12 was announced in the Budget of 17 November by John Swinney, Cabinet secretary for finance and sustainable growth.
The Scottish Funding Council’s total budget is to fall from about £1.79 billion to about £1.57 billion. Within that, the block grant distributed to universities will fall from £989 million to £926 million …