For those of you who didn't find the report sitting in your Inboxes this morning, here's the union's proactive solution to the funding crisis in HE.
Puff summary:
http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4465 The report (PDF):
http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/2/3/inplaceoffees-betax_ucucompass_mar10.pdf *Waits for everyone except - possibly - Vince Cable to dismiss it out of hand as "unworkable" or "potentially harmful to GB plc".*