§ Mr. Bob Dunnasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what fees will be charged for courses in higher and further education for the academic year 1981–82 to overseas students beginning their courses on or after 1 September 1980.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleThe University Grants Committee and the local authority associations are issuing recommendations to the universities and local education authorities respectively.These will be as follows:
Universities
Such fees as the institutions consider necessary to meet the cost of the education in question, subject to a minimum of £2,500 per annum for an arts course, £3,600 per annum for a science course, and £6,000 per annum for the clinical years of courses in medicine, dentistry and veterinary science; and subject to an overall maximum of £10,000 per annum.
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Maintained and assisted institutions The fees specified below: Advanced Non-advanced £ £ Laboratory and/or workshop based courses 3,672 2,091 Classroom based courses 2,649 1,479 I shall be recommending voluntary and direct grant institutions to charge fees necessary to meet the cost of the education provided subject to the following minima and maxima:
Advanced Non-advanced £ £ Minimum 2,600 1,430 Maximum 4,000 2,200 In all cases, fee levels for advanced and degree courses include an element to compensate for the abolition of student union subscriptions.
§ Mr. Bob Dunnasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what fees will be charged for courses in higher and further education for the academic year 1981–82 to home students and to overseas students who began their courses before 1 September 1980, respectively.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleThe recommended fees are as follows:
£ Postgraduate: Home 1,320 Overseas 1,803 Undergraduate and equivalent: Home 900 Overseas 1,389 Full-time non-advanced:* Overseas 744 * Fees for home students on full-time non-advanced courses are a matter for the local authority associations. The recommended fees for 1981–82 represent an increase of about 15 per cent. over those for 1980–81. Some 7 per cent. of this is attributable to the amount by which the increase in the fee for 1979–80 fell short of the actual movements in costs during that year; the rest allows for prospective pay and price increases in higher and further education.
The recommended levels for advanced and degree courses also include an element to compensate for the abolition of student union subscriptions.