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Britain’s universities are in freefall – and saving them will take more than funding

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/29/britain-universities-freefall-saving-them-funding-international-students

"This week, it was the University of Essex’s turn to hit the headlines by declaring a £13.8m shortfall, blaming a 38% drop in applications from foreign postgrad students for its plans to freeze pay and promotions. "

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Reply 1

gjd800

It's a sorry state of affairs really but it's also been on the cards for a while. It's almost a boom and bust situation. I don't know how we begin to address it in a satisfactory way.

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Reply 2

Davenursing

Just remember a shortfall doesn’t necessarily mean a university is strapped for cash or resources.

It just means in that period they’ve had to dip into reserves or had a lower than expected income.

Reply 3

Pieta Angeli

The redundancies and course closures proposed at many struggling UK universities follow a decades-long drift away from the idea of higher education institutions as charities whose non-commercial public benefit needs to be supported by profit-making activity