Higher education generates more for the economy than either agriculture or the pharmaceutical industry, report saysUniversities generate almost £60bn a year for the UK economy – more than agriculture and the pharmaceutical industry, a study reveals today.Higher education puts more back into the economy per £1m spent than the NHS, researchers at Strathclyde University calculated. The report, commissioned by Universities UK, the umbrella group for vice-chancellors, will be used by heads of universities to lobby ministers to allow a rise in students' tuition fees.Next Monday the universities secretary, Lord Mandelson, is expected to announce a review of fees in England. Some university leaders want an increase from the current cap of £3,225 a year to more than £7,000. The review ...