He said the university had cut the number of courses as part of efficiency measures and last year over-enrolled, going over its student number limit, so always planned to reduce its numbers, and that it is still recruiting.

BBC: London Metropolitan University: student numbers fall

Syria will reach the limit of food self-sufficiency in 10-35 years, depending on the effectiveness of its measures to improve irrigation efficiency and agricultural yields, and to control population growth.

ECONOMIST: Letters