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Phil Sykes – University of Liverpool
ASA Conference 2011
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UK university libraries have suffered, and will suffer, sharp reductions in funding
Publishers still appear minded to charge high price rises
“All changed, changed utterly”
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Short term (next three years): all bleak for all of us
Medium term (three to seven years): all bleak for most of us.
Long term............Distant points of light for some.
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Recommended no cap on fees (but with a sort of graduated tax on fees above £6,000)
Recommended moving away from central determination of student numbers and allowing aggregate national student numbers to rise by 10%
Would have been good for universities (and publishers) financially
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Massive reduction in teaching and student support budget (£2.9bn, 40%), leading to c80% cut in teaching grant and no government funding for non-STEM subjects
Fees lifted to between £6k and £9k, but only to go above £6k in “exceptional circumstances”. (Need about £7,500-£8000 to make up for reduction in teaching grant)
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Consultation on the student numbers issue, but looks like open competition for a fixed aggregate number of students will be allowed
Flat cash for research = 9-10% real term cut at 2.5% inflation
44% reduction in capital by 2014-15 Other cuts – e.g. in NHS spending – are
bound to impact upon H.E.
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Reductions in funding all round apart from £9k fee
Only a minority of institutions likely to charge £9k fee, because of
Reasons of principle Pricing themselves into the market Government compulsion
Most of the minority that charge £9k likely to lose out through greater selectivity in research funding
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All bleak for all of us because of the “Valley of death”
Funding reductions take place straight away
But ameliorating effect of increased student fees only kicks in gradually
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In the noughties, overall real terms funding for universities was growing
In the eighties and nineties, funding per student (the “unit of resource”) was declining but student numbers were expanding;
The ability to pay for journals is a function of overall funding, not funding per student.
Now, both funding per student and absolute levels of funding will shrink.
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Journal budgets seen by universities principally as a research overhead
Changes in funding will divert money from research to improving teaching/student experience
.....and will put an end to any cross-subsidy of research from teaching budgets
So less money for research and research journals
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Vice-Chancellors require libraries to tackle the ever-burgeoning journal bill
Journal bills now so large that they are a significant problem, not just for the library, but for the university as a whole
Changed attitude on the part of academics who realise that sum equivalent to 10% of QR grant goes on journals; and they make a major (free) contribution through peer-review and editorial work
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Moving to all electronic?Moving to “all-in” as opposed to “opt-in” deals as the Scottish H.E institution have done?
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“I’m afraid to tell you there’s no more money. Kind regards and good luck”.
(With apologies to Liam Byrne)