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Bath latest to charge £9,000 fees Leeds to charge top tuition fee
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Bath has become the latest university in England to plan to charge the maximum level of tuition fee. Leeds has become the latest university in England to plan to charge the maximum level of tuition fee.
An e-mail sent to students said that "we have set our fee level appropriately for the quality and academic reputation of our degrees" and to "secure the financial sustainability of the university". The university's pro vice chancellor of student education, Professor Vivien Jones, announced that it had decided to charge £9,000 a year for its undergraduate courses.
With the intentions of 21 universities declared, the majority intend to charge fees of £9,000. The university is in the Russell Group, whose members have so far all opted for the maximum fee level.
There have been protests against the decision.
Leeds' other university - Leeds Metropolitan - is to charge £8,500.
With the intentions of 22 universities declared, the majority intend to charge fees of £9,000.
Institutions wanting to charge more than £6,000 must gain the approval of the Office for Fair Access.Institutions wanting to charge more than £6,000 must gain the approval of the Office for Fair Access.
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