Vice-chancellor of Roehampton University Paul O' Prey also has concerns about the expected plan.
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Diana Green, vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, says there are huge, tangible benefits from students.
Vice-chancellor Medwin Hughes said the decision was in response to changes in higher education in Wales.
Prof Sir Deian Hopkin, former vice-chancellor of London South Bank University, said the developments were worrying.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Wendy Purcell, Vice-Chancellor said winning the Guardian University Award was a "great achievement".
Richard Davies, vice-chancellor of Swansea University, welcomed the review and said universities could always improve.
"Academics have always refreshed their expertise, " said Professor Ian Lesley, a pro vice-chancellor at Cambridge University.
So the new vice-chancellor, John Hood, is proposing to shift focus, cut costs and raise revenues.
Both Lord Patten and Andrew Hamilton, Oxford's vice-chancellor (administrative head), paid tribute to the "imaginativeness" of Mrs.
The vice-chancellor said higher education had to face up to the impact of the internet on delivering courses.
Paul Inman, pro vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, said Swindon was "one of those areas that desperately deserves success".
Deian Hopkin, its vice-chancellor, is a passionate advocate of higher education for all.
Professor Geoffrey Petts, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Westminster said the University was "delighted" to be awarded the lottery grant.
University of Southampton vice-chancellor Don Nutbeam said joining this project would help to build the university as a "global brand".
Prof Jules Pretty, the deputy vice-chancellor of Essex University, said universities needed to do more to help students into work.
Prof Keith Burnett, vice-chancellor of the University of Sheffield, has received a knighthood for services to science and higher education.
The vice-chancellor said in the longer term, it would look to expand its activities, especially in the fields of science and technology.
Vice-chancellor Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell, said the award is a "fantastic achievement".
Speaking earlier, Liverpool John Moores University's (LJMU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Brown said they were "delighted" to welcome him to the university family.
As the vice-chancellor admitted, his philosophy department might not be too impressed.
The vice-chancellor of Bedfordshire University had "considerable experience" and his appointment had come after "two long, thorough searches", the business secretary told MPs.
Prof John G Hughes, Bangor University's vice-chancellor, said the centre would be a "focal point" for both the local community and the university.
Peter Noyes, the outgoing vice-chancellor of the University of Wales Newport, recently claimed there was a "conspiracy" to force the university to merge.
At Britain's independent University of Buckingham, the vice-chancellor, Terence Kealey, cheekily welcomed the spending cuts and the two-year undergraduate degree courses that may result.
The university's vice-chancellor, Prof Sir Howard Newby, said the facility's labs would bring together "the brightest minds from medicine, biomedicine, veterinary health, and biological sciences".
Derek Fraser, vice-chancellor of the University of Teesside, has argued that universities should have to choose between remaining publicly-funded and moving into the private sector.
Bill Wakeham, the vice-chancellor of Southampton University, is encouraged by the changes, and believes the collaborative model can only become more relevant in the future.
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Mr Crisp, who starts his post on 1 November, takes over from Alan Langlands who resigned earlier this year to become vice-chancellor of Dundee University.
Professor Louise Richardson, the university's principal and vice-chancellor, presented the gift.
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Also, however, dons fear that the vice-chancellor's proposals threaten the very thing that makes Oxford special: undergraduate teaching in tutorials between one don and two students.
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