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Tuition fees for British students must be increased, university bosses warn
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Tuition fees for British students must be increased or even more places will go to foreign applicants, university bosses have warned.
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The frozen rate of £9,250 for UK students is forcing institutions to take on an increasing number of applicants from countries such as China and India, who pay average annual fees of £24,000, they claimed.
The bosses of four universities - Sunderland, Cardiff, Sheffield Hallam and Gloucester - told The Sunday Times that the Government "urgently" needs to review funding for UK students.
As pupils received their A-level results last week, it emerged that a
The bosses of four universities - Sunderland, Cardiff, Sheffield Hallam and Gloucester - told The Sunday Times that the Government "urgently" needs to review funding for UK students.
As pupils received their A-level results last week, it emerged that a
fifth of places at Russell Group universities were awarded to overseas students, an increase of seven per cent compared to last year.
Meanwhile, the number of British undergraduates declined by 13 per cent.
Meanwhile, the number of British undergraduates declined by 13 per cent.
'Universities cannot afford not to take more overseas students'
Sir David Bell, the vice chancellor at the University of Sunderland and a former permanent secretary at the Department for Education, told The Sunday Times: "You cannot expect to run universities on a fee level of £9,250 a year, which by 2025 will be worth around £6,000 in real terms because of inflation.
"If you want to keep running universities even at the level we have now, you have to increase the tuition fee at some point."
He said universities were simply making "a rational choice" in supplementing their finances with income from overseas students, adding: "Universities cannot afford not to take more overseas students."
Sir David Bell, the vice chancellor at the University of Sunderland and a former permanent secretary at the Department for Education, told The Sunday Times: "You cannot expect to run universities on a fee level of £9,250 a year, which by 2025 will be worth around £6,000 in real terms because of inflation.
"If you want to keep running universities even at the level we have now, you have to increase the tuition fee at some point."
He said universities were simply making "a rational choice" in supplementing their finances with income from overseas students, adding: "Universities cannot afford not to take more overseas students."
Prof Colin Riordan, the vice chancellor of Cardiff University, said the Government had a "national duty to ensure that it was at least viable for us to teach students from this country".
Prof Sir Chris Husbands, the vice chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, said there is an "urgent need to look at UK student funding" and that "high tariff universities" are "pulling back from the UK market because they can charge higher prices in international markets".
Meanwhile, a union insisted on Sunday that universities must scrap plans for big spending on "needless vanity projects" and instead invest money in staffing amid a cost of living crisis.
'We will call action and there will be mass disruption'
The University and College Union (UCU) vowed to ballot next month for industrial action which could see "significant disruption" across the whole sector.
It said universities finished the 2020/21 financial year with £3.4 billion more than they started it with, and that university leaders had confirmed to the Office for Students (OfS) they were planning to increase overall capital expenditure by 36 per cent this year, to £4.6 billion.
Jo Grady, the UCU general secretary, said: "If universities continue to treat their staff as shock absorbers to vanity and wasteful building projects then we will call action and there will be mass disruption."
She added: "University staff are clear that they have had enough and unless urgent action is taken to raise pay, restore pensions and address their wider concerns, they will be voting to take strike action this autumn."
A Department for Education spokesman said: "The student finance system must be fair for students, universities and the taxpayer, and it is right that we have frozen tuition fees to reduce the burden of debt on graduates. To support universities, we’re providing £750 million extra funding over the next three years.
"It is a myth that offering a place to an international student takes a place away from a student in the UK. They actually support the creation of more places for domestic students."
Prof Sir Chris Husbands, the vice chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, said there is an "urgent need to look at UK student funding" and that "high tariff universities" are "pulling back from the UK market because they can charge higher prices in international markets".
Meanwhile, a union insisted on Sunday that universities must scrap plans for big spending on "needless vanity projects" and instead invest money in staffing amid a cost of living crisis.
'We will call action and there will be mass disruption'
The University and College Union (UCU) vowed to ballot next month for industrial action which could see "significant disruption" across the whole sector.
It said universities finished the 2020/21 financial year with £3.4 billion more than they started it with, and that university leaders had confirmed to the Office for Students (OfS) they were planning to increase overall capital expenditure by 36 per cent this year, to £4.6 billion.
Jo Grady, the UCU general secretary, said: "If universities continue to treat their staff as shock absorbers to vanity and wasteful building projects then we will call action and there will be mass disruption."
She added: "University staff are clear that they have had enough and unless urgent action is taken to raise pay, restore pensions and address their wider concerns, they will be voting to take strike action this autumn."
A Department for Education spokesman said: "The student finance system must be fair for students, universities and the taxpayer, and it is right that we have frozen tuition fees to reduce the burden of debt on graduates. To support universities, we’re providing £750 million extra funding over the next three years.
"It is a myth that offering a place to an international student takes a place away from a student in the UK. They actually support the creation of more places for domestic students."
Personal note: I have been fortunate to source my own education and qualified in a number of areas, however it has been a life-long struggle to get work once qualified., and NO! It is not a media studies qualification or a diversity diploma. I feel the government does not value qualifications in this country (UK), unless is comes from the top three universities. The other UK universities seem to flap around looking for funding or staff are paid peanuts... (however, most are showing signs of 'Woke', or 'Cancel' fatigue, perhaps this is the reason) Where is the investment into Training and Development? Will it lead to a good job?
Behaviour in classrooms seem to also be a problem and in 2022 no one in government has addressed it and we wonder why levels of education has dropped. It doesn't seem to matter who is put in charge of education, they are just not getting it! NGW08.22
Behaviour in classrooms seem to also be a problem and in 2022 no one in government has addressed it and we wonder why levels of education has dropped. It doesn't seem to matter who is put in charge of education, they are just not getting it! NGW08.22
Courtesy: The Telegraph - Blathnaid Corless 21.08.22
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