Brown finds extra cash to fund growth

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Chancellor Gordon Brown quashed fears that the expansion of universities would be done on the cheap on 17 March 2004 when he confirm de in his budget speech that rising student numbers will continue to be fully funded by the government until 2008. Details contained within the budget reveal that the UK's education budget will grow to UKPd77 bil by 2007-2008, up from UKPd59 bil this year.

Government expenditures, Government domestic functions, Administration of Education Programs, Education Programs, Economic policy, Education and state, Education policy, Government finance, Brown, Gordon (British chancellor)

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Pay deal could mean job cuts

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Universities could be forced to consider major job cuts in order to afford the national pay deal agreed by unions, according to employers. Unions and universities have reached agreement to raise academic salaries by 13.1 percent over three years.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Financial management, Personnel administration, Finance, Forecasts and trends, Compensation and benefits, College teachers, College faculty, Labor relations, Market trend/market analysis, Company financing

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