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Headlines 23.12.09

Newspaper headlines (and online links where possible)

• University funding faces £500m cut (Financial Times, 23.12.09, p3)
• Two-year degrees to cut university costs (The Guardian, 23.12.09, p8)
• University cash cut (The Daily Telegraph, 23.12.09, p1&2)
• Huge cash cuts to hit teaching at universities (The Times, 23.12.09, p1&5)
• Mandelson: do your degree in two years (The Independent, 23.12.09, p1&7)
• Mandy’s two-year fast-track degrees (Daily Mail, 23.12.09, p2)
• Unite sells student digs for £95.4m (The Daily Telegraph, 23.12.09, p26)

Broadcast

• Government announces long-awaited squeeze on higher education (Today programme, BBC Radio Four, 23.12.09, 7.50am)
• Unis Hit Out At 'Senseless' Funding Cuts

Additional online stories

• Universities' annual funding reduced by £533m
• Student Loans Company directors resign after delays
• Two directors of Student Loans Company resign
• Universities policy: The good times are over, and Mandelson gets it
• Universities are set an impossible task
• Universities face cash cuts package
• Les Ebdon: The many are being sacrificed for the few
• Exam results could carry inaccuracy warning

Sector releases

• Grant announcement for higher education 2010-11
• HEFCE grant letter a Christmas kick in the teeth for staff and students