Is this the “Squeezed Middle”?
As reported in the Times Higher , the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced its allocations to English Higher Education Institutions for 2012/13. As expected, many universities are receiving substantial cuts next year. Here is a table of the biggest losers:
The Times Higher article describes this as the “Squeezed Middle”. It looks more like the “Squeezed Bottom” to me, but then I suppose that would have made an inappropriate headline.
Is there really a University of Sunderland?
Anyways, this allows me the chance to congratulate the former Director of Learning and Teaching in the School of Physics & Astronomy at Cardiff University on his move to the University of Central Lancashire, currently riding high at Number 7 in the above table…
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In the Dark 
March 29, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Does anybody (indeed, can anybody, at this point) give a subject-by-subject breakdown of these figures?
March 29, 2012 at 2:44 pm
I think that information will be present in the detailed allocations sent to each university but I couldn’t find a subject-by-subject breakdown on the HEFCE site.
I initially forgot to add a link to the full HEFCE allocation document, which I have now corrected.
March 30, 2012 at 10:05 am
More interesting is perhaps listing the winners. As far as I can see, Cambridge. Oxford, Imperial are doing rather well (depending on what these numbers really mean). What is the geographical distribution of winners and losers? Any evidence for ‘widening participation’?
March 30, 2012 at 10:39 am
Judging by the above table it looks like most of the big losers are in the Midlands…
March 31, 2012 at 6:04 pm
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