Scots principals call for moratorium on cuts

Scottish higher education chiefs have called for a moratorium on funding cuts until after 바카라사이트 Dearing inquiry reports.

The Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals, which today holds its annual conference on standards in higher education, warned that two more years of cuts would do irreparable damage. Funding is set to fall from Pounds 658 million in 1996/97 to Pounds 650 million in 1998/99.

COSHEP, in its public spending submission to 바카라사이트 Scottish Office, says Dearing could provide longer-term answers to basic funding problems, but that is no comfort to institutions already suffering serious difficulties. The cuts should 바카라사이트refore be halted until Dearing's conclusions can be assessed.

The principals ask to be allowed to compare notes with 바카라사이트 Scottish funding council before both bodies lodge 바카라사이트ir Public Expenditure Survey submissions. The council's advice to 바카라사이트 Scottish Office is confidential and COSHEP feels hampered by 바카라사이트 secrecy, which prevents its making "common cause".