Thursday, 21 April 2011
University of Kent to charge £9,000 tuition fees from 2012
The university, mainly based in Canterbury, has joined the growing list of those set to make students pay top dollar for their courses from 2012 onwards.
In charging the fees for UK and European Union undergraduates, the university say that “this fee will allow us to continue to provide students with high quality teaching and first-class facilities on all our campuses.”
This is a view not held by many students though. On the University of Kent Facebook page, under the tuition fees story, Judith Hutcheson said: “This is ridiculous. I’m glad I graduated last year because I would never be able to afford these fees. And I personally don’t believe a degree from Kent [University] is worth 9 grand a year.”
In response to the rise in fees, the University has “established a fund of £2.5m for 2012/13, rising to £9m in 2015/16, to provide financial support to students.” This includes waivers, bursaries and scholarships which “can provide support of up to £10,000” and “do not have to be repaid”.
However, the students again do not believe this to be the answer to the problem. On the Facebook page again, Vittorio Minerva writes: “So disappointing UKC… parading bursaries and funding won’t make it any better when it is practically impossible to get one…”
UKC made the national news at the end of last year when some of their students staged an occupation of one of their buildings in protest against the planned rises.
For a full list of the current universities charging the full, £9,000 tuition fees, click here.
Below is a BBC South East news story of the occupation in December 2010:
For a full list of the current universities charging the full, £9,000 tuition fees, click here.
Below is a BBC South East news story of the occupation in December 2010:
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