This paper focuses on the effect of merger on university efficiency. In a first stage analysis, efficiency scores of English universities are derived for a 17-year period using the frontier estimation method data envelopment analysis. A second stage analysis explores the effect of merger and other factors on efficiency. We find that mean…

This is the third annual edition of the regional profiles of higher education. As in previous editions, this report sets out a range of data on the pattern of higher education in each of the nine regions of England. The regional dimension of higher education continues to grow in importance. Higher education in England retains its core academic and…

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) presents its second edition of its regional profiles of higher education. The document presents a range of information about higher education in England's nine government regions. The aim of the report is to assist stakeholders in debating the regional role of higher education, and to…