The money raised by the endowment was ring fenced for university funding and student support.

The government, however, insisted that fees were the best means of providing university funding.

Soon, though, the paper would be forced to divorce itself from university funding in order to maintain editorial independence.

The trio came to an abrupt end after its university funding was cut, which in turn followed disagreements between the members.

He also is a major advocate for teachers and public school & university funding.

The newspaper has a commercial business team, receives no university funding and is independent of the student union.

Fifty-five per cent of university funding in Britain comes from public money.

He suggested expenditure cuts in different sectors, including university funding.

Also, he accused the Alliance of trying to privatize health care and cut back on university funding.

"I may have stretched the truth a bit to make sure we got the university funding we needed."