Considering UCL is larger than Kent and Greenwich combined, this just seems like a marketing ploy from the merged universities to detract from what caused them to merge in the first place - severe financial stain. And it's possible student numbers may contract* in the future post-merger.

Flavourguy

I would have thought that The University of Manchester with almost fifty thousand students would have something to say about this claim? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... @the-independent.com