Hannah Fearn at Times Higher Education is reporting on concerns about academic quality at the Open University as a result of budget cuts. In particular, the multiple science degrees currently offered are being cut down to one. From the article:
It [briefing paper outlining the cuts] says that the science department must also have in place a contingency plan for a further 10 per cent cut in 2010 “linked to the widely held view that the Government will reduce funding to the UK higher education sector (including the OU) because of the need to reduce public spending”
