Not being dramatic, but this probably signals the effective end of Chemistry in English Universities.
An *efficient* Department loses something like £2k per Chemistry student per year; this change will roughly double that loss. Universities would be mad to keep teaching Chemistry.
Michael O’Neill
Breaking: Government set to cut strategic priorities grant.
The government is on the cusp of cutting public funding for higher education teaching, the head of Universities UK has told MPs, placing institutions under even more financial pressure.
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Vivienne Stern says letter confirming cut to teaching funds will be sent out “in days”
