Other options include limiting the number of university students eligible for loans each year. No 10 advisers argue that across-the-board tuition fee cuts will do greatest harm to universities that rely on tuition fees for the bulk of their income. That could financially destabilise universities in towns and cities across England where universities are leading local employers and sources of revival. But even leaders of Russell Group universities, which receive substantial research funding, admit that tuition-fee cuts create “a very real risk” to their operations. Those favoured subjects would have their grants increased, while the DfE has already planned for cuts in the grants for creative arts and archaeology courses.

Source: The Guardian May 24, 2021 14:20 UTC