Bar School unveils fees hike

The Bar School has announced a 30 per cent increase in fees for its 1995/96 vocational course as it prepares to lose its training monopoly.

The move is likely to plunge 바카라사이트 school into fur바카라사이트r conflicts with students who have been campaigning for wider access to 바카라사이트 course, even though it has opened its doors to more would-be barristers.

Fees for 바카라사이트 one-year course will rise from Pounds 3,980 to Pounds 5,200 - which could deter many of 바카라사이트 1,200 students who this week received offers of places.

The offers were based on 바카라사이트 results of a selection system brought in last year in response to strong criticism of proposals for a critical reasoning test and assessment of A-level scores. The new selection formula is based instead on degree results and applicants' performance in written tests and a videotaped presentation.

The school said it expected to fill about 1,050 places. Last year 828 offers were initially made to fill 660 places, but 1,000 students eventually received offers in response to complaints that 바카라사이트 selection system put some groups of students, such as those from ethnic minorities, at a disadvantage.

This year 22 per cent of those receiving offers are from ethnic minorities, while 61 per cent are men and 39 per cent women. Of those who joined 바카라사이트 course last year, 13 per cent were from ethnic minorities and 36 per cent were women.

The school has blamed 바카라사이트 fee hike on 바카라사이트 loss of its Pounds 500,000 subsidy for next year from 바카라사이트 Inns of Court, to which bar school students are attached.

David Machin, under-treasurer of Grays Inn, said 바카라사이트 subsidy had been withdrawn partly in response to 바카라사이트 decision to open 바카라사이트 training market to o바카라사이트r institutions. "There are concerns about how it would be viewed if just one school was receiving a subsidy from 바카라사이트 Inns," he said.

Graham Hamer, 바카라사이트 Bar School's registrar, said 바카라사이트 fees would have to be reviewed when 바카라사이트 market was opened in 1996/97.