Research funding for top universities cut
• Gains for media studies and sports science • Cambridge, Imperial and UCL among losersTop universities including Imperial College London, University College London and Cambridge face substantial cuts this year after losing out in the allocation of £1.6bn of research funding. Budgets for every university in England are revealed today, along with new evidence of a dramatic decline in research in traditional science and language subjects as academia shifts its focus to areas such as sports science and media studies.A total of 53 universities face cuts after being allocated below-inflation increases in funding for research and teaching for next year. The Russell group of leading universities complains that its members face some of the toughest reductions, and may be forced to lay people off. Imperial College London, UCL, King's College London and Cambridge all have funding allocations below the rate of inflation (currently 3%), while Oxford has increased its share...
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