TOP universities including Glasgow and Edinburgh have made a controversial call for even more research funding to be concentrated on elite institutions.
TOP universities including Glasgow and Edinburgh have made a controversial call for even more research funding to be concentrated on elite institutions.
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Andrew Denholm Education Correspondent
The Russell Group of 24 leading UK universities argues that growing global competition will put the nation's reputation as a higher education powerhouse at risk unless funding is more targeted.
However, the appeal is controversial because student leaders and lecturing unions in Scotland have already warned that further concentration of research funding will result in a two-tier system.
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