Some universities are at risk of going bust before students celebrating their A-levels this week will have finished their degrees, experts have warned.
Bankruptcies, mergers and course closures are expected to accelerate from 2030 because of a sharp drop-off in British students, according to analysts.
But the sector is already struggling due to an immigration crackdown on lucrative overseas students and limits on tuition fees for British students.
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If university closures “don’t happen before 2030, they’ll jolly well happen after 2030,” said Nick Hillman, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) think-tank.
