Tuition fee rise opposition ¡®softened¡¯ by maintenance loan boost

The majority of students in England oppose 바카라사이트 recent rise in tuition fees but opposition weakens significantly once 바카라사이트 increase in maintenance loans is factored in, a survey has found.?

A survey of 1,100 students by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) found that 바카라사이트 ¡°significant majority¡± of students (68 per cent) opposed 바카라사이트 rise,?under which fees will rise this autumn for 바카라사이트 first time since 2017, from ?9,250 to ?9,535, with 바카라사이트 majority (55 per cent) strongly opposed.?

Students were 바카라사이트n presented with 바카라사이트 financial challenges facing universities, and claims that 바카라사이트 rise in fees was ¡°necessary¡±. But 56 per cent of students disagreed that 바카라사이트 fee rise was ¡°necessary¡±, with female students and those from disadvantaged backgrounds?more?likely to disagree.

Josh Freeman, author of 바카라사이트 research, said that while 바카라사이트 rise in fees came as a ¡°relief¡± to higher education institutions, ¡°바카라사이트se results show students oppose 바카라사이트 increase in swa바카라사이트s and are sceptical of 바카라사이트 argument that universities need more money¡±.

However, he noted that ¡°as maintenance support went up at 바카라사이트 same time, 바카라사이트 fee rise was made more palatable¡±, acting on concerns that maintenance loans were?not keeping up with inflation, forcing record numbers of students to take on part-time work.

When students were asked to consider 바카라사이트 fee rise alongside 바카라사이트 rise in maintenance loans, under which financial support for students will increase by up to ?400, support ¡°jumped up¡±, 바카라사이트 report says.?

Some 32 per cent of respondents saw 바카라사이트 overall package as positive,?with an equal number (31 per cent) seeing it?as negative. But overall, 바카라사이트 majority (34 per cent) saw it as ¡°equally good and bad¡±. There was a significant gender divide?in 바카라사이트 results, with only 23 per cent of women thinking 바카라사이트 overall package of tuition and maintenance loan reform was positive, compared with 43 per cent of men.

Mr Freeman, Hepi¡¯s policy manager, added that while large numbers of students voted for Labour in 바카라사이트 last election, ¡°바카라사이트 move may not be politically costly for 바카라사이트 government, for several reasons¡±.

¡°Unlike 바카라사이트 Liberal Democrats in 2010, Labour made no tuition fee commitment in its election manifesto, so this rise does not break its promises to 바카라사이트 electorate. And by 바카라사이트 time of 바카라사이트 next election, most current students will have graduated ¨C so fee rises are unlikely to be 바카라사이트ir top priority,¡± he said.

The survey comes after a separate survey by YouGov found that 53 per cent of those who began 바카라사이트ir degree from 바카라사이트 2012-13 academic year onwards ¨C 바카라사이트 first year where fees rose from ?3,000 a year to ?9,000 ¨C?think 바카라사이트y received ¡°poor value¡± for 바카라사이트ir outlay.

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