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The Report: Cuts to University Funding

Cuts to University Funding

19/04/2010

BBC Radio 4 - The Report, Cuts to University Funding

The Report investigates the likely impact of public spending cuts on English universities.

James Silver investigates the likely impact of public spending cuts on English universities. After years of higher funding, they now face tightening budgets.

The Report investigates the likely impact of public spending cuts on English universities. They've enjoyed a decade of historically-high funding but as budgets tighten, James Silver asks whether universities have done enough in the days of plenty to prepare for leaner times ahead.

A number of institutions have significant debts and some commentators predict it's only a matter of time before one university goes bust.

Producer: Rob Cave.

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