Universities chief attacks 'damaging' planned budget cut

By Graeme Paton. The head of Universities UK urges the Government to abandon "damaging" proposals to scrap hundreds of millions of pounds from the higher education budget.  Planned cuts to university funding will be “very damaging” to the future of the higher education system in England, a leading vice-chancellor has warned. The Government should “step back” from making further reductions to budgets amid fears the move will damage universities’ global standing, it was claimed. Read more...