Top-scoring universities to bail out rivals
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The UK's top universities will have almost 1 million pounds sterling each removed from their budgets for research and teaching in 1998 in order to make more funding available for the universities which are performing less well. Overall, 12 million pounds sterling will be made available to help less successful universities, according to the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Government funding of 3.4 billion pounds sterling will be available in the 1997-1998 academic year for 209 higher education establishments.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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'The costs of higher education should be shared among those who benefit.' (Sir Ron Dearing's report into higher education in the United Kingdom)
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It is vital to find a way of overcoming the funding problems which the UK's universities currently face, according to Sir Ron Dearing's report into higher education. Universities require an additional 915 million pounds sterling by the 21st century, and in the longer term will require even higher funding to ensure that an expansion in student numbers can take place. Employers should pay more towards staff training and education, and graduates in work should make a larger contribution.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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So students will have to pay. But can we make the system fair?
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Many observers feel that serious problems will arise if the UK government does not clarify new systems for university funding very soon. There are still considerable uncertainties about a number of issues, including how tuition fees will be collected and how parents will be means-tested. Many university registrars are very concerned about being able to implement the necessary changes before the start of the 1998 to 1999 academic year.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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