‘Significant’ financial pressures stifling universities’ economic role

Case report warns that companies could leave the UK if higher education is not supported

The “significant financial pressure” under which universities are operating is jeopardising their role in boosting local and national economies, the Campaign for Science and Engineering has said.

In a briefing published on 17 July, Case said that if universities were not properly supported, then companies currently operating in the UK could opt to take their business elsewhere, with potentially negative consequences for the economy.