2: University Accountability in Britain
The Public Accounts Committee has proposed that university expenditure should be scrutinised by the Comptroller and Auditor General and that it should no longer remain the sole major exception to the normal requirements of Parliament. Would such scrutiny, as some Vice-Chancellors suggested, be an interference with academic freedom? Would it undermine the authority of the University Grants Committee? Would it damage the morale of university staff?
These questions are discussed by: CHARLES CARTER Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University
SIR ROBERT AITKEN Vice-chancellor of Birmingham University and .SIR EDWARD BOYLE , M.P. See page 26