Joint RSC and IoP report on funding of UK university departments
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and the Institute of Physics (IoP) published a joint study on the financial situation of chemistry and physics departments at UK universities
In June the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and the Institute of Physics (IoP) published a joint study on the financial situation of chemistry and physics departments at UK universities. The document was a follow up to the societies' separate reports in 2002/3 (RSC) and 2003/4 (IoP) that concluded that departments across the country were running on substantial deficits in both teaching and research.
The new report used data from the 2007/8 academic year and found that while deficits for teaching in English universities are now smaller because of efficiency savings and increased funding, English chemistry departments on average still run teaching deficits of 10 per cent. Other UK countries' chemistry departments have larger deficits because of the lack of additional funding for teaching that comes from tuition fees.
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