University lecturers are spending more time on paperwork and less time teaching their fee-paying students than they did 10 years ago, a survey suggested today. Class sizes are on the rise for many tutors, the University and College Union survey found.

UNIVERSITY lecturers are spending more time on paperwork and less time teaching their feepaying students than they did 10 years ago, a survey suggested yesterday. Class sizes are on the rise for many tutors, the University and College Union survey found.

By LAURA CLARK BRITISH universities are cramming up to twice the number of students into lecture halls as those in other developed nations. Overcrowding in higher education is worsening despite record public spending on Britain's universities, according to a study today.