Art colleges lose research cash as ministers opt to protect science

by E Wayne Ross on March 19, 2009

The Independent: Art colleges lose research cash as ministers opt to protect science

Some of London’s top art colleges are seething about cuts that mean that the University of the Arts London is losing £3m and the Royal College of Art £500,000 of research money next year. The cuts have come as a shock because the colleges actually did better in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), but this improvement was not reflected in cash.