超过四分之三的大学校长认为，许多大学将失败或宣布破产，由于学生人数减少，破坏政府的改革-尤其是迁移目标。许多人预测的出现事实上的中超联赛的主导机构
“竞争战”，由于竞争加剧替代路线高等院校招生的重点大学，由PA咨询集团的调查发现。领导调查，HE提供总额三分之一以上的领导跨在英国，许多人引用的消亡补助资金，用于教学作为挣扎大学的另一个障碍。
高校领导最担心的是学生的机会和时间与教学人员。近90%的人说，这是一个很大的担心，以及与工作实习和课外机会的可用性。另一种是学生从家里和欧盟研究生的需求下降，超过50%，理由是这是一个“重大关切”。还有60%的受访者无法增长的盈利收入的替代来源“适度关注”。为学生提供更好的价值为他们的费用超过80%的人担心。
虽然许多部门的领导人的期待“非常不同”系统的出现，他们依然无动于衷，预测在线学习常规HE商构成威胁。一个说：“我不知道多少次，在过去的半个世纪一些运动技术被喻为”解决方案“，教育成本低，他们都失败了在过去和Moocs的[大规模在线公开课程将走同样的办法。“
PA咨询集团，高等教育专家迈克·博克尔说：“我们正在目睹一个海高等教育的动态变化。”
英文原文：
Universities are facing a bleak future after higher education leaders warned as many as 30 could be closed or merged within the next few years.
More than three quarters of university heads believe numerous universities will fail or declare themselves bankrupt due to dwindling student numbers and damaging government reforms - in particular migration targets. Many predict the emergence of a de facto super league of dominant institutions
Universities are focusing on the "competitive battle" to recruit students as a result of increased competition from alternative routes to higher learning, the survey by PA Consulting Group found. Of the leaders surveyed, who amounted to more than one third of leaders across HE provision in the UK, many cited the demise of grant funding for teaching as another hurdle for struggling universities.
The greatest worry for university leaders is students' access to and time with teaching staff. Nearly 90% said this was a big worry, along with the availability of work placements and extra curricular opportunities. Another is the decline in student demand from home and EU postgraduates, with more than 50% citing this as a "major concern". A further 60% cited inability to grow alternative sources of profitable revenues a "moderate concern". More than 80% were worried about provided students with better value for their fees.
Although many of the sector's leaders expect the emergence of a "very different" HE system, they remain unimpressed with predictions online learning poses a threat to conventional HE providers. One said: "I wonder how many times over the last half century some movement in technology has been hailed as 'the solution' for low cost education. They have all failed in the past and Moocs [massive online open courses] will go the same way."
Mike Boxall, a higher-education expert at PA Consulting Group, said: "We are witnessing a sea change in the dynamics of higher education."