Ministers are anything but relaxed about university closures

I'm hearing of Universities making unconditional offers on the BBC, when their VC's interviewed for the same report are claiming they don't, seems the whole thing is a mess. Then when you hear the money making humanities courses are severely under-subscribed, so much so some expensive to run STEM courses are looking extremely vulnerable in Russell group Universities, most of which are also pouring huge amounts into new building projects (though not before time with some of the old 60's buildings now falling down) , one can only wonder how many VC's (227% pay rise since 2010 apparently) and their so disconnected from reality senior management teams will fall on their swords or even take a pay cut, rather than reduce staffing further (the staff who have suffered a 21% pay cut in real terms since 2010). The next round of screw the pensions will be 'interesting'...

Never mind the learning, so long as the metrics are heading in the right direction. Academia, like the judiciary, needs to be independent of government. The more politicians fiddle, the worse it gets.