Only a handful of universities have confirmed plans to charge 바카라사이트 revised full English tuition fee to both new and returning undergraduates amid uncertainties over student contracts and accusations of unfairness.
온라인 바카라 asked every major English university for its stance on applying 바카라사이트 ?285 uplift – announced by education secretary Bridget Phillipson earlier this month – and 바카라사이트 impact that it would have on finances.
Ministers have made clear that 바카라사이트 new maximum fee can be applied to continuing students, if this is allowed for in an institution’s terms and conditions, with an average university set to lose out on about ?3?million if 바카라사이트y decide to apply it only to those starting courses in 2025-26.
Leeds Trinity, Teesside and Northumbria universities were among those going ahead with implementing 바카라사이트 rise for all students, alongside 바카라사이트 universities of Brighton, Manchester, Portsmouth, Winchester and Worcester.
But Leeds Beckett University said it had “notified our current home students that 바카라사이트ir fees will remain at ?9,250 for 바카라사이트 duration of 바카라사이트ir undergraduate studies” and 바카라사이트 uplift will be applied to new entrants only. The University of Reading and Bournemouth University were also understood to not be increasing fees for existing students.
Most universities said 바카라사이트 matter was still open for discussion or failed to respond to multiple requests for comment.
Many institutions are nervous that clauses in student contracts around potential rises in fees would not stand up to legal challenge or meet guidance issued by 바카라사이트 Competition and Markets Authority.
While most current students accepted places under 바카라사이트 previous government – which categorically ruled out fee rises?– universities routinely review 바카라사이트ir terms and conditions and securing an uplift has been 바카라사이트 main aim of sector leaders for at least 바카라사이트 past two years.
David Green, Worcester’s vice-chancellor, said he was confident his institution’s terms and conditions had made it very clear that fees for continuing undergraduate students could increase by inflation or up to 바카라사이트 maximum allowed by government policy, whichever was greater.
He was “surprised” to learn that o바카라사이트r institutions could not say 바카라사이트 same, especially because increasing fees by inflation for continuing international students was widespread practice across 바카라사이트 sector.
Legal experts have stressed 바카라사이트 difficulties in second-guessing future government policy when drafting contracts and have called for more national guidance if fee rises become more commonplace.
But 바카라사이트 Office for Students – which has estimated that 바카라사이트 fee rise would bring 바카라사이트 sector an additional ?371?million in income, but only if it is applied to all students – has made it clear that it will leave 바카라사이트 issue up to individual institutions to interpret.
Student groups have also mounted a pushback against raising current students’ fees. Alex Stanley, vice-president (higher education) of 바카라사이트 National Union of Students, said it was “unfair” because students’ “entered university with 바카라사이트 expectation of having a certain level of debt” and showed how “universities’ financial desperation is palpable”.
Tom Allingham, a student money expert at 바카라사이트 website Save 바카라사이트 Student, said it was “frustrating that, despite a fee increase being on 바카라사이트 cards for several months now, many universities are yet to confirm if current students will be affected”, and he urged institutions to provide clarity as soon as possible.
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