The UK has been ranked 10th for higher education

An author of a report on international higher education has questioned whether UK universities can remain world leaders without more funding

A report for Universitas 21 has rated the UK 10^th best at providing higher education in a ranking of 48 countries. The study placed the UK second for university research and teaching, yet 27^th for spending on higher education. Universities UK did say that many other established ranking reports placed the UK education system second to top.

Professor Ross, of University of Melbourne, told BBC News: "The model is that if you want to maintain high output you must maintain high resource levels.

"Think of all the extra resources that are going to higher education in East Asian countries. You are going to have to put in more resources even to maintain your rankings."

The analysis by Universitas 21 put the United States top followed by Sweden, Canada, Finland and Denmark. The UK was ranked 10^th overall despite coming only second to the United States based on strength of universities themselves. Many under graduates will want guarantees from universities that the lack of funding won’t affect teaching or university campuses as they’re starting to pay inflated prices of £9,000 a year.

Universities UK Chief executive Nicola Dandridge said: "League tables cannot tell the whole story... and positions will vary from one table to the next, depending on the selection of criteria and methodology used.

"Based on measures of output and efficiency, the UK remains the second strongest university system in the world after the US.

"It attracts more overseas students per capita than the majority of major higher education systems, and it remains one of the world's leading research powers measured by total publications and citations.

"However, we continue to spend less as a percentage of GDP than the average of OECD countries.

"We should remain acutely aware that other countries are investing more than the UK and that our reputation as a world-class provider of higher education is not a foregone conclusion."

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