New College of the Humanities "aiming to rival Oxford and Cambridge"

In the midst of the debates about funding cuts (especially for the humanities) and high fees, the BBC, FT and Cherwell (one of Oxford’s student newspapers) report on a private university being set up in London which is “aiming to rival Oxford and Cambridge”:

http://goo.gl/WgO6f,

http://goo.gl/zfcVT and

http://goo.gl/PAJGv respectively.

It is called the New College of the Humanities, the website to be found here:

http://www.NCHum.org/.

One wonders whether this will spread the idea of private universities across Britain, or whether it will suggest a reassessment of funding cuts. Of course, Oxbridge themselves have never been shy about defending education, and the humanities:

http://goo.gl/Hjzwr,

and recent news of a £300,000 fund by Cambridge for the humanities:

http://goo.gl/xR1JQ.