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Student numbers fall expected

More than a quarter of universities could see at least a 10% drop in student numbers as a result of Government reforms, official figures show.

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HEFCE: Drop in numbers will not lead to 'significant financial trouble'

After publishing data on falling student numbers, Higher Education Funding Council for England chief executive Sir Alan Langlands said he did not believe the losses would tip any institution into "significant financial trouble".

A lot of these institutions, I suspect, will be charging more than £7,500 and therefore had a top-slice of the margin without the opportunity to win back numbers and without the opportunity on any significant scale to win AAB numbers."

It is likely there will be "some reduction" in these institutions, he said.

Given their fee levels, and the grants we are providing, that doesn't tip any of these institutions, we believe, into significant financial trouble."

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