By . Teaching grants for universities in England are to fall by more than the £45 million announced last month, the country’s funding council has said. In a letter to institutions from Madeleine Atkins, Higher Education Funding Council for England chief executive, it has been revealed that most teaching budgets will drop by 5.85 per cent in 2014-15.
This is a higher cut than previously expected when the higher education budget was unveiled in the government’s annual grant letter, which was released last month. More...