Additional universities to actually charge maximum fees

nearly three-quarters of universities in england are planning to actually charge the maximum £9, 000 tuition fee for a few or all of the courses, according to actually office for honest access ( offa ) figures.

the average fee level for 2014-15 can rise by regarding £150 to actually regarding £8, 650.

however the total quantity to actually be spent on supporting poorer students also will rise to actually £708m, up from £672m.

offa director les ebdon aforesaid universities were spending increasingly smartly.

the honest access watchdog is publishing details as to the fees that universities and colleges can charge in 2014-15 and the way abundant these can pay for recruiting and retaining poorer students.

outreach work

before universities are allowed to actually charge fees on top of £6, 000 per year, these have to actually sign an access agreement with offa.

these agreements show that 72% of universities are planning to actually charge the maximum £9, 000 fee for a few or all courses, compared with 62% the previous year.

offas report says that 26% with this higher fee income will surely be spent on protecting honest access to actually university.

this proportion of income is similar to actually the previous year, however the access watchdog argues that universities have become additional effective in how these deploy their budgets for supporting poorer students.

additional cash will surely be spent on outreach comes, where universities build links with schools and young individuals to actually encourage them to actually place confidence in applying to actually university.

this may embrace summer schools and visits to actually universities.

outreach work is vital to actually addressing the unacceptably giant participation gap that remains for the universities in the highest entry requirements, thus i welcome the larger focus during this space, aforesaid prof ebdon.

he aforesaid that universities were being additional strategic inside their spending and using proof and analysis to actually see what works in reaching students from under-represented backgrounds.

expenditure on outreach and student support by universities in england has continued to actually rise and, crucially, continues to be invested because we are part of a centered and targeted means, aforesaid nicola dandridge, chief govt of universities uk.

these agreements demonstrate how universities stay committed to actually widening access and supporting student success.

however the national union of students highlighted that last months spending review marked finished as to the national scholarship programme as funding for undergraduates.

the £150m scholarship fund for poorer students is to actually be cut to actually £50m and targeted at postgraduates.

cash worries lead several students to actually contemplate dropping from university and even the tiny payments direct from national scholarship programme might function as the distinction between gaining a life changing qualification and leaving with nothing, aforesaid nus vice president, rachel wenstone.

business secretary vince cable aforesaid : the govt is determined to actually encourage anyone in the ambition and talent to visit to actually university, no matter their background.

we currently have the best proportion ever of young individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds applying to actually university.