King's College London has confirmed the controversial departure of Britain's only professor of palaeography, praising his role in "tirelessly protecting" the discipline.
At a time when public finances were in a dire state and much of the country was still badly bomb-damaged, the 1951 Festival of Britain provided a perfect "tonic for the nation".
The imposition of a minimum entry standard for university would put the government in control of what is traditionally a key area of academic judgement and allow it to restrict student places, vice-chancellors warned this week.
Government funding for higher education is to be cut by 40 per cent over four years, suggesting that public funding for teaching in the arts, humanities and social sciences may come to an end.
The government has been warned of the potential for disastrous consequences if it does not pause for thought before embracing Lord Browne’s proposals for reform of higher education while implementing significant cuts in today’s Comprehensive Spending Review.
The president of Universities UK has told vice-chancellors to expect cuts of ?4.2 billion in the government’s spending review – and warned that a huge funding gap is a “terrible danger”.
Students from poor backgrounds will receive help to attend university as part of a wider ?7 billion “fairness premium” announced today by Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister.
Lord Browne's review calls for "genuine competition for students between institutions of a kind which cannot take place under the current system". Here's how it would work: