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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

Funding model for UK higher education is ‘broken’, say university VCs

Students walk between lectures at Bristol University.
Students at Bristol University. Higher education funding is forecast to drop to its lowest level in real terms since the 1990s, says Universities UK. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/Alamy

Vice-chancellors are warning the current funding model for UK higher education is “broken” and have urged the government to review the system of tuition fees, which have been capped at about £9,000 for more than a decade.

They have made clear that limits to overseas students announced last week on top of rising costs caused by inflation posed a serious risk to universities which would require more funding from government.

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