Universities are being forced to make cuts because of funding problems and pressure to save money.

With the government cutting spending wherever it can, British universities are suffering.

The University of Leeds is one of the worst affected, facing prospects of making compulsory staff redundancies. Despite being an elite university, with the second largest UK campus, it has major funding problems.

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Hundreds of thousands of prospective students face missing out on university because of budget cut backs.

Universities UK revealed that for 2010-11 cuts of £135m have been added to “efficiency savings” of £180m, with a further £600m to follow.

Universities’ funding body Hefce is yet to reveal how spending on teaching, research and capital will be allocated in England for the next academic year.

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A national student experience survey has ranked the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) as the UK’s top modern university and in the top 20 overall, with the students’ union finishing 5th best in the country.

The Times Higher Education (THE) asked more than 11,000 full-time undergraduates from 104 universities to rate their experiences on campus taking into account a wide range of factors including teaching, facilities and social life.  Continue Reading

The University and College Union (UCU) has accused the government of being in “complete denial” over the impact of university funding cuts. Responding to claims in Thursday’s Guardian newspaper by the business secretary, Lord Mandelson, that slashing £900 million from the higher education budget would be “very small in the context of overall university income” the union warned over 14,000 jobs could be put at risk.

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Four UCLan students have their fingers firmly on their buzzers after proving they’re up to a University Challenge.

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One of Britain’s biggest universities has become the first in the country to ban bottled water from all of their shops, bars and cafes. Continue Reading

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The decision at Exeter University to overturn a ban on having the British National Party to speak there is in some ways, an admirable one. Continue Reading

Yes. There wasn’t a ceremony at the university on Tuesday to mark Remembrance Day. Continue Reading

A new approach to assessing university students will be trialled in several universities across the country. Continue Reading