I found this fascinating article today:

Grants of £433.8m, up 1.66%, will be made by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) for 2009/10.

Aberystwyth University will receive around £1.5m more, but Lampeter will have its grant cut by 9%.

PERCENTAGE FUNDING CHANGE FROM 2008/09 TO 2009/10

University of Glamorgan: up 3.15%

Aberystwyth University: up 4.74%

Bangor University: down 2.57%

Cardiff University: down 1.29%

University of Wales, Lampeter: down 9.13%

Swansea University: up 10.27%

University of Wales Institute, Cardiff: up 1.94%

University of Wales, Newport: up 1.50%

Glyndŵr University: up 2.25%

Swansea Metropolitan University: up 2.49%

Trinity University College: up 0.77%

Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies: up 47.5%

Source: HEFCW

at Tuesday, March 17, 2009, Winners And Losers In Uni Funding, Archives March 2009

You should read the whole article.

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