Funding for the arts and humanities research Council had gone up 35% over the same period, while universities' core research funding for the arts and humanities rose 86% between 1997 and 2008.

同一时期，艺术与人文研究委员会(the Arts and Humanities Research Council)得到的资金增加了35%。从1997年到2008年，大学艺术与人文学科的核心研究资金增长了86%。

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Even on its own terms, the policy is failing as figures released this week by the universities' funding council show.

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Responding to last year's under-recruitment and in a bid to give universities more confidence in offering places, the Hefce funding council is allowing universities a wider margin for over-recruiting, before they face financial penalties.

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Mr Lampl, who is an adviser to Education Secretary David Blunkett as well as the Higher Education Funding Council, said universities should now do their own follow-up studies.

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