A story that has been brewing for a few weeks, institutions are facing cutbacks on places, and more bizarrely cuts in funding if they overstep their quota.
The Telegraph is trumpeting this, and of course they can find the A* students from private school who cannot get a place - but I have a feeling this is a minority. It is ironic that you can only pay for education so far, you cannot (yet) buy a university education in this country. Although you could argue we are not far from the American model.
The other issue is a bumper year for births back in 1992 - also causing pressure on numbers. I do find the fines for exceeding numbers strange, and surely the government could do something positive here maybe allowing extra funds for "useful" courses.
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