Ministers argue journalism courses will still benefit indirectly from a 3.1 per cent rise in tuition fees for the new academic year.

The future of journalism courses in UK higher education is under threat after the government confirmed plans to divert funding away from media and communications courses and towards subjects more directly tied to its industrial strategy.

In May, ministers announced a £108m cut to the Strategic Priorities Grant (SPG) for 2025-26 – reducing the total funding to £1.35bn, in a fall of just over seven per cent compared to the previous year.

The grant, distributed by the Office for Students (OfS), provides additional support for courses that have higher-than-average costs due to the need for special facilities or specific equipment.

In its guidance to the OfS

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