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Leeds to charge top tuition fee Two more universities announce fees
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Leeds 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 - £9,000 a year.
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. The university is in the Russell Group, whose members have so far all opted for the top fee level.
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.There have been protests against the decision.
Leeds' other university - Leeds Metropolitan - is to charge £8,500.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. University Campus Suffolk (UCS) has announced it will charge £8,000 - with a lower fee of £7,500 for foundation degrees.
Institutions wanting to charge more than £6,000 must gain the approval of the Office for Fair Access. With the intentions of 22 universities declared, the majority intend to charge fees of £9,000 for their undergraduate degree courses.
The government had modelled its plans for university funding on an estimate that universities would on average charge £7,500 for fees.
Ministers have warned that further cuts might be made to university teaching budgets if too many universities plump for higher amounts.
Originally, it had said it expected universities to charge £9,000 only in "exceptional circumstances", but universities are independent bodies and most say they need to charge maximum fees to make up for the loss of funds from teaching grants.
The government's changes to university funding are based on the idea that fees will rise and replace money being taken from teaching budgets.
Leeds' University's pro vice chancellor of student education, Professor Vivien Jones, told BBC Radio Leeds why the institution had decided to charge £9,000 a year.
"Universities of all kinds across the country, when they have done, as we have, very careful calculations about what it costs to teach a student, to give them a good quality education, have realised that the government's expectation that an average of £7,500 would be a likely fee just does not cover what it costs," she said.
Institutions wanting to charge more than £6,000 must gain the approval of the Office for Fair Access and show that they are investing in encouraging applications from students from low-income groups and supporting them financially.
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