Funding cuts ‘threaten historic university buildings’

By Graeme Paton. Historic university buildings are under threat after cash for the upkeep of campuses was slashed by a quarter in just 12 months, it was claimed today.  The amount of Government money allocated to universities for capital works dropped from £243.2m in 2011/12 to just £182m this year. Oxford and Cambridge – which have buildings up to 700-years-old – have seen their budgets cut by around a third, it was revealed. Data published by Labour also revealed that other top universities such as Birmingham and Queen Mary had funding slashed by almost 40 per cent while some lost more than half in a year. Read more...