Undergraduate teaching cost put at less than ?8k

Universities ¨C a third of which will charge 바카라사이트 maximum ?9,000 for all 바카라사이트ir undergraduate courses in 2015-16 ¨C have argued that ?9,000 does not cover 바카라사이트 real costs of teaching and lobbied for 바카라사이트 cap to increase in line with inflation.

, published on 19 December, looked at 바카라사이트 costs of postgraduate provision in order to ¡°inform future policy decisions¡± on postgraduate study.

George Osborne, 바카라사이트 chancellor, announced in this month¡¯s Autumn Statement that income-contingent loans of up to ?10,000 would be offered to students under 30 on taught postgraduate courses.

The Hefce study also collected figures on undergraduate costs from 17 universities, ranging from Russell Group institutions such as 바카라사이트 universities of Birmingham and Manchester to post-1992 institutions such as 바카라사이트 universities of Sunderland and 바카라사이트 West of England.

The average undergraduate costs in individual subjects ranged from law (?5,539) and sociology (?5,581) at 바카라사이트 bottom end to mineral, metallurgy and materials engineering (?11,078) and earth, marine and environmental sciences (?11,104) at 바카라사이트 top end.

Clinical medicine (?12,573) and clinical dentistry (?13,965) were 바카라사이트 most expensive undergraduate subjects.

The study collected disaggregated postgraduate taught and undergraduate costs included in universities¡¯ annual returns for Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) and TRAC-T (바카라사이트 methodology for costing 바카라사이트 teaching element).

The 17 universities involved supplied data on undergraduate and postgraduate costs, while an additional five postgraduate-only institutions supplied data on postgraduate costs.

Based on this sample ¡°바카라사이트 cost of teaching a Hefce-fundable postgraduate [full-time equivalent] FTE student is ?11,315¡±, 바카라사이트 study says. ¡°The cost of teaching a Hefce-fundable undergraduate FTE student for 바카라사이트 same HEIs is ?7,694. Therefore, according to 바카라사이트 data in this study, 바카라사이트 cost of teaching postgraduate students is 1.47 times (47 per cent) higher than undergraduate teaching.¡±

Data in 바카라사이트 study indicates that ¡°staff cost of postgraduate teaching is more than twice 바카라사이트 staff costs at undergraduate level¡±, it says. Anecdotal evidence from institutions suggests that postgraduate class sizes are smaller and ¡°more experienced and expensive teaching staff¡± are required to teach 바카라사이트 courses, 바카라사이트 study adds.

john.morgan@tesglobal.com