A framework for deciding which courses survive
With closures running across the sector, a framework for portfolio review argues universities are cutting on this year’s recruitment rather than on what will be needed in a decade — and that the subjects disappearing fastest are the ones hardest to restart. For students it explains why a course can close despite filling its places.
Student flats proposed for a building with some history
A Lincoln building where Winston Churchill was once pelted with stones, mud and tomatoes could become student accommodation. Conversions of this kind are how supply grows in city centres, and they arrive with the same questions as any purpose-built scheme: what the rent will be, and whether it is let by the room or the flat. Finding student housing covers the difference.