Up to 30 HE institutions 'could fail' if falling student demand continues

By Rose Troup Buchanan. Dozens of higher education institutions are at risk of closure in the next few years, university leaders have warned. Several university leaders predicted in survey that 'as many as 20 to 30 current higher education institutions could become unviable if student demand continues to fall'.
Over half of the leaders questioned were concerned by falling numbers of undergraduate students, and over 90 per cent were worried by decreasing numbers of UK and EU postgraduates. Read more...