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Bursaries rock top-up talks

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Universities in the UK have threatened to withdraw their support for the government's planned top-up fees bill after attempts by the government to broker a deal for the funding of poorer students reached deadlock. Ministers have been negotiating for months with universities in an attempt to get them to agree to contribute over UKPd800 for every poor student faced with paying the full UKPd3,000/yr top-up fee, with the state agreeing to pay maintenance grants and fee waivers totalling around UKPd2,150. Opponents of this proposal argue that having to put aside almost one-third of the income generated by the fees will leave universities with a large proportion of poorer students at a disadvantage.

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Postcode lottery restricts access to bursaries

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Issues concerning the distribution of bursaries to universities in the United Kingdom are discussed. Particular attention is given to the large number of applications for the available bursaries and to issues of competitiveness and fairness of distribution.

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Too few points for the big prize

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Opportunity bursaries were introduced in 2000 to allow those who could not afford it to go on to higher education in the United Kingdom. The rules governing these bursaries are strict and some of those who have been rejected are described.

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