University of Brighton proposes £9,000 tuition fees (From The Argus)
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University of Brighton proposes £9,000 tuition fees
12:10am Tuesday 19th April 2011 in News By Emily-Ann Elliott
A university has become the second in Brighton and Hove to announce proposed fees of £9,000.
The University of Brighton - which was yesterday ranked as 68th out of 116 universities - has followed the University of Sussex by opting to charge the highest possible fees from 2012.
Bosses say the decision has been made to “ensure significant flows of future income”.
Foundation degrees taught at its partner colleges across Sussex will attract fees of between £7,000 and £8,300.
Professor Julian Crampton, the university’s vice-chancellor, said: “We have come to the firm conclusion that to continue to provide the high-quality professional and socially and economically-relevant degree courses for which the University of Brighton is renowned, we need to ensure significant flows of future income. “We have attracted nearly 40,000 applicants this year, making us the 12th most applied for university in the country and our proposed fees reflect the real costs of providing the kinds of educational experience which our students expect, require and deserve.”
For full report, see today's Argus.
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stan bailey
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6:54am Tue 19 Apr 11
jeremy radvan
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8:41am Tue 19 Apr 11
il•lu•stion
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1. A measurement of prestige
2. An illustration produced by a magician.
3. An attempt at a withering sign off line by an illiterate poster.
Has nobody ever shown you the spell check tool?
Hong Kong Futon
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9:23am Tue 19 Apr 11
Jeremy - typos aren't necessarily indicative of illiteracy. But your post is definitely indicative of a miserable sod.
cheezburger
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10:15am Tue 19 Apr 11
Pier Reviewer
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10:24am Tue 19 Apr 11
acoustic
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10:54am Tue 19 Apr 11
stan bailey
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10:58am Tue 19 Apr 11
bladebot
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11:12am Tue 19 Apr 11
TheInsider
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11:53am Tue 19 Apr 11
Why would one pay £9,000 a year for a photography course when a course such as law, engineering, medicine is more likely to deliver a high paying job.
It's a nonsense.
The Argus has still failed to ask either unibersity if the colleges will be giving students contracts with service level agreements to ensure they deliver the standard of course content and teaching that one would expect for this vast amount of money.
I work with two graduates who both said elements of their courses were cancelled as staff with the right skills could not be found.
Granny
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1:24pm Tue 19 Apr 11
TheInsider
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3:01pm Tue 19 Apr 11
They will stay at home with parents and study at their local college.
Sustainability groups are already looking at the impact of fewer students living in communities as there will be opportunities for councils to possibly purchase former student lets which can no longer be let.
There will be a clear change in the demorgaphic of the current 'student' communities in Brighton and Hove.
Already in my street many of the buy-to-let student properties are up for sale, as landlords may find it harder to let homes and also the colleges are expanding their on-site accommodation and with the city council setting up a student letting agency your street will soon see fewer student homes.
An education system which is charging yet failing to deliver a trained workforce was never going to be sustainable and the tax payers who fund these colleges were getting a little fed up with paying the colleges whose very students sadly have had a rather negative impact on some communities.
It's all over now.
Morpheus
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6:03pm Tue 19 Apr 11
jeremy radvan
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6:05pm Tue 19 Apr 11
Hong Kong Futon wrote:"Jeremy - typos aren't necessarily indicative of illiteracy. But your post is definitely indicative of a miserable sod."
Stan makes a very good point - Cambridge, Oxford, Nottingham, Bath... Brighton Poly. Something not quite right there!
Jeremy - typos aren't necessarily indicative of illiteracy. But your post is definitely indicative of a miserable sod.
Dear Hong Kong Futon, I am sure that I do not have to point out to you that the word that Stan's evidently podgy fingers were struggling for was Illusions. The term "Illusions of Grandeur" is fairly meaningless, as I am sure you are aware the term is "Delusions of Grandeur". Two for one, what a fine day.
GRANDAD
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8:17pm Tue 19 Apr 11
StevieJD63 says...
2:52am Tue 19 Apr 11