Does the higher education review augur well for universities?

The eagerly anticipated (or dreaded, depending on your situation) Augar review of higher education in England is finally here (see p8). And it may give heads of university science departments sleepless nights. The report’s recommendations include cuts to tuition fees that could leave universities facing a £1.8 billion hole. Expensive degrees like chemistry could suffer. But the watchword is once more uncertainty because university leaders have no idea yet which way the wind is blowing in Westminster.