The Independent: ‘Battle for doctoral funds: Should government cash for PhDs be restricted to the best universities?’
Published on February 11, 2010
In the university world, differences of opinion are nothing new. But the outcome of this one might just change the character of higher education itself. Universities are at odds over the future of postgraduate study, with a Government review on the subject, due to report in the spring, setting up sharply diverging views on how PhDs should be funded just as finances for the sector as a whole come under huge pressure.
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