Very good and depressing article, but it misses a key reason why the government must act: since the rise in student numbers and the growth in unis, many regions absolutely depend on their universities. If they go under, the left behind towns will be even more prey to far right demagogy.
Matthew Cobb
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
The crisis at the London university shows how marketisation has pushed UK higher education to the brink.