The pie charts delineate the distribution of spending across six distinct categories at a single university during the years 2005 and 2015.
Overall, the most striking feature is that while “Teaching and research” remained the primary area of expenditure in both years, its dominance slightly waned. Conversely, there was a significant reallocation of funds toward “Administration and management,” which saw the most substantial growth over the decade.
In 2005, over half of the university’s income (53%) was dedicated to Teaching and research. By 2015, this figure had dipped to 48%, though it remained the largest single expense. During the same period, expenditure on Administration and management surged, nearly tripling from a modest 6% to 16%. Similarly, Financial support for students saw a marginal increase, rising from 5% to 8%.
Regarding the university’s physical infrastructure and services, the data shows a downward trend. Spending on Accommodation was halved, plummeting from 16% in 2005 to just 8% a decade later. Library funding also experienced a contraction, decreasing from 10% to 5%. Interestingly, the proportion of income allocated to Maintaining campuses remained perfectly stable at exactly 10% throughout the ten-year period.