The British government have announced plans for cuts to university funding
The government's argument seems to be that they have invested enough in education over recent years: David Lammy, the Government the Higher Education Minister, said: “These changes come after years of sustained investment. Higher education funding is up by 25 per cent in real terms since 1997."
Student tuition fees are currently capped at £3,225 per student: the Universities want to charge more, and there are strict limits on how many students each University should accept, even though demand for University places has never been higher in Britain. At Cambridge we are facing the phasing out of a 40 million pounds grant usually given to Oxford and Cambridge universities to maintain their historic buildings (maybe in a few years time it won't be the Harry Potter team filming in Oxford but Ridley Scott for a disaster movie.)
The big question is, will the quality of teaching suffer, )and of course, for University staff the second question is, how should we plan our career futures? It will be interesting to be involved as Universities target and streamline their services for maximum efficiency.
The government's argument seems to be that they have invested enough in education over recent years: David Lammy, the Government the Higher Education Minister, said: “These changes come after years of sustained investment. Higher education funding is up by 25 per cent in real terms since 1997."
Student tuition fees are currently capped at £3,225 per student: the Universities want to charge more, and there are strict limits on how many students each University should accept, even though demand for University places has never been higher in Britain. At Cambridge we are facing the phasing out of a 40 million pounds grant usually given to Oxford and Cambridge universities to maintain their historic buildings (maybe in a few years time it won't be the Harry Potter team filming in Oxford but Ridley Scott for a disaster movie.)
The big question is, will the quality of teaching suffer, )and of course, for University staff the second question is, how should we plan our career futures? It will be interesting to be involved as Universities target and streamline their services for maximum efficiency.
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