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Budget eve

What, if anything, lies in store for universities and research in the spring statement?

As professor William Shatner says during his cameo in Airplane II: The Sequel, “I guess irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.” This week is National Student Money Week.

It is also the week of the chancellor’s latest fiscal event, during which he is likely to offer students and young people the sum total of absolutely nothing as part of his giveaway-yet-deeply-responsible spring budget. Meanwhile, the BBC reports that Northern Ireland’s students are to benefit from a £1 million hardship fund.

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