Catégorie: Fees
Handling complaints in the high fees age
By Jack Grove . As students grow keener to stand up for their rights over perceived wrongs, is the sector doing all it can to be consistent, fair and prompt when resolving disputes? Are universities ready for the surge of complaints predicted to come their way once the new...
Student complaints rise by 25%: do higher fees mean higher expectations?
B y Rob Behrens . Perhaps, says independent adjudicator Rob Behrens . But cuts in university resources are creating a more dangerous equation. As the independent adjudictor for higher education in England and Wales, I recently hosted the annual meeting of the European...
The New ‘New Normal’
By Kevin Kiley . Mandatory tuition and fees at the University of California system
have about doubled since 2007, but this year, if the state’s governor
has his way, they will stay flat. And the University of California is far from alone. Purdue University
is...
Want to know where to get a cheap education?
Cambridge and Bristol are the most expensive university cities while Liverpool costs £6,000 less
* Research based on 24 elite Russell Group universities
* Cost of a bedroom in Cambridge averages £97.25 per week
*...
Darlehen verschwinden in "schwarzem Loch"
Wenn die Studenten mehr zahlen, muss der Staat weniger für die Bildung ausgeben. So rechnete die britische Regierung, als sie die Campusmaut hochschraubte. Der Haken: Sie muss auch mehr für Darlehen berappen. Und von dem Geld sieht sie weniger wieder als gehofft, warnen...
University fees biggest barrier to wider access, research finds
By Richard Adams . Study of state-school pupils not planning to enter higher education reveals 57% see finances as the greatest obstacle. The cost of going to university is more of an obstacle than lack of ability among state school pupils likely to skip...
Tuition-fee rise 'still deterring' would-be university students
By Richard Adams . Number of applications rises 2% to 428,000, but is still below the level seen before fees rose to £9,000, Ucas figures show. The number of students in England applying to go to university remains well below the level seen before...
Overseas student fee payments via agents made more efficient and secure
A single secure system for handling fee payments from international students via agents has been launched by leading global transactions firm Uni-Pay. The new service aims to cut costs and bureaucracy for universities and English language colleges, as well as students and agents themselves.
...
University teaching time 'fails to rise' despite fees hike
By Graeme Paton . The amount of lecture and tutorial time in universities has barely changed over the last six years despite a nine-fold hike in annual tuition fees, a major study has found. Students are receiving just 20 minutes more teaching each week in the...
Contact time a matter of degree
It's good to hear that £9,000 tuition fees are purchasing 18 minutes extra teaching per week ( Rise in university fees outpaces tuition time , 15 May), but it's difficult to find out where this is being delivered to arts students
at one prestigious London university college....
Rise in tuition fees brings 18 minutes' extra teaching a week
By Jessica Shepherd . Survey shows university teaching hours have barely increased as fees rise by £8,000 and students do more independent work. University students in England are taught for just 18 minutes more each week than seven years ago, despite...
Students add up the numbers on university fees, financial aid
By Karen Seidman. Changes mean more students will be entitled to loans and bursaries. While Quebec university students recently won a hard-fought gain in the government’s financial-aid program that should boost the number of students entitled to loans and bursaries, they will also...
University: was it worth it?
By David Ellis . The £9,000 question The first cohort of students paying £9,000 university tuition fees are reaching the end of their first year. David Ellis asks them if it has been worth the hefty pricetag so far. Until recently, those...
UK students escape the fees nightmare and head for Europe
B y Louise Tickle . Are you looking for an affordable university somewhere different? There
are plenty of English-friendly options in Europe to consider. Going to university is a pretty big step, but moving abroad for three years to do your degree is an even...
Tuition fee wars leave all parties disappointed
B y Grace Karram . Any Canadian student with a modicum of activism in their veins has
marched against tuition fee increases, holding a sign that reads ‘freeze
tuition’. Last month, in a move that should have appeased the student
masses,...
Tuition fees: a human rights issue
Geraldine Van Bueren says international law could help opponents of rising tuition costs in their battle . The argument that economic pressures do not oblige those in power to increase tuition fees fell on deaf ears when legislation was passing through Parliament...
University applications fail to recover from tuition fees rise
By Rebecca Ratcliffe . Number of students submitting applications this year stands at 2.5% more than in 2012 but lower than in 2010, says Ucas. The number of students applying to start university this autumn has not bounced back to the level seen before the rise in tuition fees...
Germany scraps tuition fees
By Erica Cervini . Here's a tale of two countries: Australia and Germany.
Both came out relatively unscathed from the global financial crisis and, of course, Germans and Australians enjoy their beer. But there is a big difference between the countries when it comes to how they treat...
Droits d’inscription « détonants »
Blog Educpros de Pierre Dubois. Sénat, 24 avril 2013. Commission de la culture, de l’éducation et de la communication. Rapport de Madame Dominique Gillot et Monsieur Philippe Adnot sur le bilan consolidé des sources de financement des...
Where Tuition is Free
By Elizabeth Redden . In Germany the great experiment with tuition fees is coming to an end. Seven of the 16 states introduced tuition fees after a federal court ruling in 2005 freed them to do so, but one by one they have undone them. The last two states to...
