Halfon: universities get a fair deal on funding

Fixed fee for undegrads means managers just increase volumes and concentrate on making much more from postgrads where yo can charge as much as possible. Meanwhile lecturers just keep lowering standards to the lowest common denominator due to the poor quality of much of the intake. Bureaucracy remains out of control and needs to be slashed.

There does seem to be a continued rush to expansion - the apparent, but flawed, 'solution' to improving the financial position of universities. But at some point we surely must agree on our optimal size and have to work our financial plans predicated upon that.