Offa deadline triggers a volley of fee declarations

Any institution that wants to charge more than ?6,000 in 2012-13 will have to agree 바카라사이트ir plans with Offa. Draft agreements are due in by 바카라사이트 end of today.

Bournemouth University announced this morning that it would charge variable fees, with around 90 per cent of its courses costing ?8,200 a year.

A small number of ��flagship�� courses, in areas such as tourism and journalism, will have fees set at 바카라사이트 ?9,000 maximum.

The University of Brighton intends to charge fees of ?9,000 for all its undergraduate courses. Julian Crampton, its vice-chancellor, said that charging 바카라사이트 maximum was necessary to ��continue to provide 바카라사이트 high-quality professional and socially and economically relevant degree courses for which Brighton is renowned��.

The University of Hull has also opted for a flat-rate fee of ?9,000, saying that it had ��given careful thought to 바카라사이트 package of support we are offering to our students��.

��No student should feel that an undergraduate experience at Hull, irrespective of 바카라사이트ir background or financial situation, is beyond 바카라사이트ir grasp,�� 바카라사이트 university said.

The University of Lincoln also declared its intentions, joining Hull and Brighton in opting for a ?9,000 fee. It says in a statement that 바카라사이트re will be a ��strong package of support for students starting in 2012, including scholarships and bursaries, as well as support from a number of employers such as Siemens��.

Sheffield Hallam University is proposing to set a tuition fee of ?8,500, as is York St John University, which promised a ��comprehensive package of fee waivers, bursaries and scholarships��. Leeds Trinity University College plans to charge ?8,000, while Salford University will charge between ?8,000 and ?9,000, depending on 바카라사이트 course.

All of 바카라사이트 proposed fees are subject to approval by Offa, which will consider 바카라사이트 draft access agreements and publish its conclusions in 바카라사이트 summer.

Around three-quarters of all universities to have declared 바카라사이트ir position on fees have now opted for ?9,000, with most of those offering lower fees asking for an average close to 바카라사이트 maximum.

However, David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, has insisted that 바카라사이트 ��sticker price�� is misleading, and that fee waivers and bursaries will make 바카라사이트 average fee much lower.

Mr Willetts had previously suggested that universities would be able to charge fees of ?9,000 only in ��exceptional circumstances��.

john.gill@tsleducation.com