Autumn Statement 2013: Cap on student recruitment lifted for all universities

By Georgia Graham. Chancellor announces limits on recruitment, described as a 'cap of aspiration', will be lifted in 2015. Universities will be allowed to recruit as many students as they want after the government unexpectedly abolished a cap on student numbers. The move could lead to the biggest expansion of higher education in 50 years with no limit of the number places universities are able to offer. Read more...