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The UK higher education sector will struggle to remain world class if the Government spends public money creating new university centres in Britain's higher education blackspots.
That is the warning from Richard Brown, chief executive of the Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE), as universities face a period of "severe financial strain".
"If UK higher education is to remain world class, then available government funds will have to be focused on achieving this overriding objective," Mr Brown said. "It may have to delay or even forgo initiatives such as developing new higher education centres in some towns that currently do not have higher education institutions."
The Government confirmed last month that 27 areas...