The pie charts compare how a university allocated its income across six different areas in 2005 and 2015, expressed as percentages.
Overall, teaching and research accounted for the largest proportion of expenditure in both years, despite a slight decline. In contrast, spending on administration and management increased considerably, whereas the shares allocated to accommodation and libraries fell. Meanwhile, expenditure on maintaining campuses remained unchanged.
In 2005, teaching and research represented the largest share of expenditure at 53%, before falling modestly to 48% in 2015. Accommodation was the second-largest category initially, accounting for 16% of spending; however, this figure halved to 8% by the end of the period. By contrast, the proportion allocated to administration and management rose markedly from 6% to 16%.
Turning to the remaining categories, expenditure on maintaining campuses remained stable at 10% in both years. Meanwhile, the percentage spent on libraries declined from 10% to 5%. Financial support for students, on the other hand, experienced a slight increase, rising from 5% in 2005 to 8% in 2015.