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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/universities-at-risk-over-cuts.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="More than a third of English universities are at risk of being seriously affected by Government cuts, research shows" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-universities-at-risk-over-cuts.jpg" alt="More than a third of English universities are at risk of being seriously affected by Government cuts, research shows"/></a></p>
<p>More than a third of English universities are at risk of being seriously affected by Government cuts to higher education &#8211; and the worst hit could face mergers or closure, research suggests.</p>
<p>A study by the University and College Union (UCU) claimed that Government plans to slash teaching budgets and raise tuition fees will leave many institutions fighting for survival.</p>
<p>As many as 49 out of 130 English universities face a &#8220;serious impact&#8221; as a result of the plans, with four at &#8220;very high risk&#8221;, it said.</p>
<p>All of those affected are newer universities or smaller specialist institutions.</p>
<p>Higher education is facing swingeing cuts over the next few years, with teaching budgets expected to be cut by as much as 80%. It is thought this could remove public teaching funding entirely for subjects such as humanities and the arts, with only funding for some &#8220;priority&#8221; science and maths-based subjects protected. These plans were mooted in Lord Browne&#8217;s review of student funding.</p>
<p>The UCU study looked at the risk factor for universities under the plans using four indicators: a university&#8217;s reliance on public funding; the proportion of public funding an institution receives for &#8220;non-priority&#8221; subjects; the number of poor students they admit &#8211; because they are more likely to be put off by higher fees or not complete a course; and reliance on fees from overseas students outside the EU.</p>
<p>The findings claim that four institutions &#8211; Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln, Edge Hill University, Newman University College and Norwich University College of the Arts &#8211; are at &#8220;very high risk&#8221; of potential impact.</p>
<p>A further 23 are high risk and 22 are high-medium risk.</p>
<p>Among those at high-medium risk is Sheffield Hallam University, the study claims, which falls into the constituency of under-fire Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.</p>
<p>Mr Clegg is facing heavy pressure this week over Government plans to charge students up to £9,000 per year in tuition fees &#8211; a plan contrary to the Lib Dem election pledge to vote against any hike.</p>
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