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Colleges hear details of cuts

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23 March 2011

by Margaret Holness Education Correspondent

THE nine universities and five uni­versity colleges in the Cathedral Group of church-based higher edu­cation institutions are facing cuts of about £1 million for their non-teaching courses next year.

The reduction in financial support from the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) amounts, on aver­age, to between four and six per cent of their income for teaching subjects outside the education faculties.

The Cathedral Group’s position is broadly similar to other higher edu­cation institutions’. Within the group, Canterbury Christ Church Univer­sity suffered least, with a 2.2-per-cent cut.

Bishop Grosseteste University College faced what seemed to be the highest reduction (17 per cent). But the deputy principal, Haf Merrifield, said that the percentage was based on last year’s funding, which included a one-off grant of £500,000. “When that is taken into account we are no worse off than anyone else.”

The education commentator Pro­fessor John Howson said that, al­though most higher-education in­stitu­tions would have prepared for the cuts, which had already been signalled, the effects would be ex­acer­bated by the rise in inflation.

“In­stitu­tions will be in a better position in 2012, when HEFCE fund­ing for most courses is withdrawn, because it will be replaced by higher fees,” he said.

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