Postgraduate courses face ‘perfect storm’

By Holly Else. Taught postgraduate courses are facing a “perfect storm” caused by drops in student numbers and a fall in institution income. That is the view of Mick Fuller, chair of the UK Council for Graduate Education and head of Plymouth University’s graduate school. Professor Fuller, who was speaking at a Westminster Higher Education Forum on 23 January, said institutions were now less able to cross subsidise master’s provision because of the squeeze on undergraduate numbers. Read more...