Fees can be up to UKPd3,000 - with Whitehall strings

Article Abstract:

Issues relating to top-up fees for students in the UK are examined in the light of the government's white paper on higher education which will allow universities to begin charging fees of up to UKPd3,000/yr for courses from 2006. The size of the fee could also be varied by subject, be levied for departments or across whole institutions. Course fees in the UK are currently capped at UKPd1,100/yr, with the state reimbursing universities for the 43% of students who pay no fees due to their parents earning too little. The universities will have to satisfy certain stipulations before they are allowed to levy top-up fees, with the first step being to satisfy a new access regulator that their widening participation targets are justified.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government domestic functions, Government regulation, Organizational history, Commodity & service prices, Legal/Government Regulation, Management, Laws, regulations and rules, Prices and rates, Social policy, College administration, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Company organization, Company pricing policy, Education policy

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Where are top union hot spots?

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Some universities have more union activity than others, with Bradford University having 500 Association of University Teachers (AUT) members among its 650 academic staff, equating to 70 percent, according to an investigation by The Times Higher. Sheffield Hallam University has 720 Natfhe members, equal to 70 percent of academic staff, while Cambridge University reports 634 AUT members, equal to only 12 percent of total academic and related staff numbers.

Labor Distribution by Employer, Statistics, Student unions

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2,000 pounds sterling fees on Blair's agenda

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The Institute for Public Policy Research in the UK has released a report recommending that the offering of student loans should be at the market rate. Although many in universities and the government would be supportive of this, student leaders say the recommendations would present difficulty for poorer people to attain higher education.

Student loans, Institute for Public Policy Research

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