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Students' fury as Labour hikes tuition fees for the first time in eight years - and university chiefs call the plans 'morally wrong' and merely a 'sticking plaster'


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Students' fury as Labour hikes tuition fees for the first time in eight years - and university chiefs call the plans 'morally wrong' and merely a 'sticking plaster' Students' fury as Labour hikes tuition fees for the first time in eight years - and university chiefs call the plans 'morally wrong' and merely a 'sticking plaster' By Matt Strudwick Published: 21:39 GMT, 4 November 2024 | Updated: 21:43 GMT, 4 November 2024 e-mail• Коммуникации » Интернет-коммуникации » Электронная почта 18 shares 103 View comments Labour 's plans to rise tuition fees for the first time in eight years are 'morally wrong' and merely a 'sticking plaster', university chiefs have warned. Furious education leaders accused Sir Keir Starmer's government of asking already debt-ridden students to 'foot the bill' to keep the lights and heating on in their universities. And they warned that 'universities cannot continue to be funded by an ever-increasing burden of debt on students'. Amid fears of a growing financial crisis• Финансовый кризис in the sector, the Government is hiking charges for students from next year. In a statement to the House of Commons, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson revealed domestic students will now face maximum fees of £9,535 per year. Tuition fees had previously remained frozen at £9,250 per year in England• Великобритания » Англия since 2017. Furious union leaders accused Sir Keir Starmer's government of asking already debt-ridden students to 'foot the bill' to keep the lights and heating on in their universities In a statement to the House of Commons, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson revealed domestic students will now face maximum fees of £9,535 per year Ms Phillipson said the tuition fees cap was being increased by £285 per year due to the 'severe financial challenges' facing universities. She said there had been a 'significant real-terms decline in their income' due to rampant inflation• Экономика » Финансы » Инфляция • Экономика » Макроэкономика » Макроэкономические индикаторы » Инфляция in recent years. But the National Union of Students said students were being asked to 'foot the bill' to keep the lights and heating on in their universities and to prevent their courses from closing down amid the 'crisis'. Read More BREAKING NEWS Labour hikes tuition fees for first time since 2017 with students to be charged £9,535 from next year Alex Stanley, vice president for higher education of the NUS, said: 'This is, and can only ever be, a sticking plaster. 'Universities cannot continue to be funded by an ever-increasing burden of debt on students.' Earlier this year the University and College Union (UCU) warned that universities faced 'catastrophe' if they were not given an emergency rescue package by the Government. Jo Grady, general secretary of the UCU, said the tuition fee rise was 'economically and morally wrong'. She said: 'Taking more money from debt-ridden students and handing it to overpaid underperforming vice-chancellors is ill conceived and won't come close to addressing the sector's core issues.' Nicola Ranger, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: 'As student nurse numbers collapse in every English region , ministers decide to make a bad situation worse. 'Today's announcement will discourage more people from joining the profession. That means fewer highly-skilled staff on wards and in communities. 'That is bad news for patient care and undermines the Government's very own NHS reforms .' Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson today announced the first rise in university tution fees in eight years Laura Trott, the Conservatives' newly-appointed shadow education secretary, said Labour was hiking tuition fees 'when students can least afford it' But Vivienne Stern, chief executive of Universities UK• Великобритания, which represents 141 universities, said the Government's decision was 'the right thing to do'. How much does university currently cost in the UK• Великобритания? The current maximum annual cost for UK• Великобритания students varies depending on where you live and study. Studying in England• Великобритания » Англия : £9,250 Studying in Wales• Великобритания » Уэльс : £9,250 Studying in Northern Ireland• Великобритания : £4,750 for Northern Irish students or £9,250 for other UK• Великобритания students. Studying in Scotland• Великобритания » Шотландия : Free for the majority of Scottish students and £9,250 for other UK• Великобритания students. Advertisement She said: 'A decade-long freeze in England• Великобритания » Англия has seen inflation• Экономика » Финансы » Инфляция • Экономика » Макроэкономика » Макроэкономические индикаторы » Инфляция erode the real value of student fees and maintenance loans by around a third, which is completely unsustainable for both students and universities.' The Education Secretary blasted the Tories for having failed to take action on university funding. She said the previous government 'ducked' tough decisions 'time and again' while in power. In her statement, Ms Phillipson also announced she is increasing the maximum maintenance loans available to students by up to £414 per year from next year. Laura Trott, the Conservatives ' newly-appointed shadow education secretary, said Labour was hiking tuition fees 'when students can least afford it'. She also attacked Sir Keir Starmer over his previous pledge to 'abolish' tuition fees when he was campaigning to be Labour leader in 2020. 'Perhaps we should start putting sell-by dates on statements the Prime Minister makes,' Ms Trott told the Commons. In her statement to MPs, Ms Phillipson said the changes to tuition fees were needed to secure universities' financial future. 'We will fix the foundations, we will secure the future of higher education so that students can benefit from a world-class education for generations to come,' she told the Commons. 'That is why I am announcing today that in line with the forecast set out in the Budget last week, from April 2025 we will be increasing the maximum cap for tuition fees, in line with inflation• Экономика » Финансы » Инфляция • Экономика » Макроэкономика » Макроэкономические индикаторы » Инфляция, to £9,535, an increase of £285 per academic year.' She added: 'Increasing the fee cap has not been an easy decision, but I want to be crystal clear that this will not cost graduates more each month as they start to repay their loans. Tuition fees had previously been frozen at £9,250 in England• Великобритания » Англия since 2017 'Universities are responsible for managing their own finances and must act to remain sustainable. But members across this House will agree that it is no use keeping tuition fees down for future students if the universities are not there for them to attend.' Ms Phillipson added that a lower fee limit of £5,760 will be introduced for foundation degrees. The Education Secretary promised to publish proposals on 'major reform' of the universities sector in the coming months. Ms Trott claimed Labour had 'declared war' on students and pointed out there was 'no sign' of a tuition fees increase in the party's general election manifesto. She told the Commons that 'students haven't had a chance to prepare for this rise'. Fellow Conservative MP Richard Holden, a former Tory chairman, said Labur had now 'shafted' students, pensioners, farmers and workers since taking office. 'Ten million pensioners, almost 30 million workers – the IFS say now we are getting less wages because of national insurance tax rises – tens of thousands of farmers, hundreds of thousands of small businesses seeing business• Экономика » Бизнес rates rising, today: millions of students,' he said. 'Is there anyone that this Government told before the general election 'don't worry', that they haven't since shafted?' University leaders had been calling for ministers to help institutions struggling financially due to high inflation• Экономика » Финансы » Инфляция • Экономика » Макроэкономика » Макроэкономические индикаторы » Инфляция and a fall in international students. Due to inflation• Экономика » Финансы » Инфляция • Экономика » Макроэкономика » Макроэкономические индикаторы » Инфляция eroding the real-terms value of domestic fees, universities have been left increasingly reliant on foreign students, who can be charged significantly higher fees than UK• Великобритания students. When he was campaigning to be Labour leader in 2020, Sir Keir Starmer pledged to 'support the abolition of tuition fees' but later rowed back on that promise In its assessment of university finances in May, the higher education regulator the Office for Students (OfS) said 40 per cent of universities in England• Великобритания » Англия were predicted to be in deficit in 2023/24. Universities UK• Великобритания (UUK), which represents 141 universities, recently called on the Government to increase funding for teaching in England• Великобритания » Англия by linking tuition fees to inflation• Экономика » Финансы » Инфляция • Экономика » Макроэкономика » Макроэкономические индикаторы » Инфляция and restoring the teaching grant . The blueprint from UUK, published in September, warned that teaching funding per student in England• Великобритания » Англия was at its 'lowest point since 2004' and the current £9,250 fee would have been worth £5,924 in 2012/13. It added that any rise should be accompanied by additional support to help with the cost of studying – including restoring grants for the poorest students. Tution fees timeline From 1962 - University study is effectively free as local education authorities paid fees and offered maintenance grants 1998 - £1,000 fees are introduced in England• Великобритания » Англия 2006 - Variable 'top-up' fees of up to £3,000 are introduced in England• Великобритания » Англия 2012 - Fee cap is increased to £9,000 in England• Великобритания » Англия 2017 - Fee cap is increased to £9,250 in England• Великобритания » Англия 2025 - Fee cap to rise to £9,535 in England• Великобритания » Англия Advertisement Responding to todays' announcement, UUK chief executive Vivienne Stern said: 'A decade-long freeze in England• Великобритания » Англия has seen inflation• Экономика » Финансы » Инфляция • Экономика » Макроэкономика » Макроэкономические индикаторы » Инфляция erode the real value of student fees and maintenance loans by around a third, which is completely unsustainable for both students and universities. 'Keeping pace with inflation• Экономика » Финансы » Инфляция • Экономика » Макроэкономика » Макроэкономические индикаторы » Инфляция stops the value of fees going down year after year. 'Importantly, this change will not see students paying more to study upfront; repayments are linked to earnings above a £25,000 threshold. 'The increase in maintenance loans is also very welcome and important.' But the University and College Union (UCU) described the tuition fees hike as 'economically and morally wrong'. General secretary Jo Grady said: 'Taking more money from debt-ridden students and handing it to overpaid, underperforming vice-chancellors is ill-conceived and won't come close to addressing the sector's core issues. 'As Keir Starmer himself said last year, the current fees system doesn't work for students and doesn't work for universities. 'The model is broken; it has saddled students with decades of debt, turned universities from sites of learning into corporations obsessed with generating revenue, and continually degraded staff pay and working conditions.' Professor Shitij Kapur, vice-chancellor of King's College London (KCL), had previously suggested that universities in England• Великобритания » Англия needed between £12,000 and £13,000 per year in tuition fees to meet costs. Kate Ogden, senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said: 'University vice chancellors will be breathing a sigh of relief that the Government is not extending the tuition fee freeze, sparing universities a further real-terms cut to resources of around £390 million next academic year. 'Of course, higher fees today mean higher student loan repayments in the long run – with graduates eventually repaying around three-quarters of the extra borrowing resulting from today's announcement. 'Living cost support for students will also be protected in real terms. 'But crucially, the Government has decided not to reverse the substantial real-terms cuts in the generosity of support seen in recent years. 'Even after the uplift, the poorest students will be entitled to borrow around 9 per cent less next academic year than an equivalent student 5 years earlier.' Jeremy Corbyn, Sir Keir's predecessor who pledged to abolish tuition fees when he was Labour leader, branded the rise in fees as a 'disgrace'. He said: 'Government ministers might not be in Parliament today had they not benefited from free tuition. Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and College Union, said the tuition fee rise was 'economically and morally wrong' 'Now, they are lumping the next generation with even more student debt. Young people deserve better. Abolish tuition fees now.' Zarah Sultana, who was suspended as a Labour MP in July for voting against Sir Keir over the two-child benefit cap, branded the rise in fees as 'wrong'. 'The Government's increase to tuition fees is wrong,' the Coventry South MP said. 'Students shouldn't have to pay tuition this year, or any year.' 'It's time to abolish tuition fees and cancel student debt because education is a public good, not a commodity.' Money saving expert Martin Lewis said the decision to raise tuition fees is 'necessary' but 'relatively trivial' for most students, and that the maintenance loan increase 'isn't enough'. Read More Martin Lewis reveals four tips students should know about university tuition fees ahead of Labour announcement He told Times Radio: 'I think the tuition fee rise was a necessary change because the funding of universities has been so dire. It is also a relatively trivial change for most students. 'For the last few years, maintenance loans, living loans in England• Великобритания » Англия have been going up by far less than inflation• Экономика » Финансы » Инфляция • Экономика » Макроэкономика » Макроэкономические индикаторы » Инфляция. They've been decimated. 'It means many people, especially from non-traditional university backgrounds, cannot afford to live while at university, and that is tragic for social mobility. 'This rise isn't enough, but it's better than we have been having over the last few years.' Education policy analyst Tom Richmond, host of Inside Your Ed podcast, said - if Labour continued with yearly fees hikes in line with inflation• Экономика » Финансы » Инфляция • Экономика » Макроэкономика » Макроэкономические индикаторы » Инфляция - then 'we'll hit £10,000 tuition fees in this Parliament.' Dani Payne, senior researcher at the Social Market Foundation, said: 'The announcement this afternoon for a one-off inflationary rise to tuition fees and maintenance loans is a sensible and necessary step given the financial pressures facing institutions and students, but must come hand-in-hand with greater financial accountability from universities. 'With over a third of providers reporting deficits, and growing concerns about the potential of institutions collapsing entirely, it is right that the Government has stepped in to stabilise the sector.' Iain Mansfield, head of education at Policy Exchange, said: 'It is hard to justify heaping additional debt upon young people before requiring corresponding reforms on teaching quality, high standards and contact hours, to ensure every student gets the high quality experience they deserve. 'In their manifesto, Labour said 'The current higher education funding settlement does not work for the taxpayer, universities, staff, or students.' 'Today's decision simply reinforces the current debt-fuelled system that neither supports young people nor delivers the skills that the economy needs.' When he was campaigning to be Labour leader in 2020, Sir Keir pledged to 'support the abolition of tuition fees' but later rowed back on that promise. During the general election campaign this year, the Labour leader said he had abandoned his pledge in order to prioritise tackling NHS waiting lists. Speaking in August, Ms Phillipson said raising tuition fees would be 'really unpalatable' but did not rule out Labour doing so. The previous government raised the cap on university tuition fees in England• Великобритания » Англия to £9,000 a year in 2012, but it had been fixed at £9,250 since 2017. Asked whether tuition fee caps would be increased in the next five years, Ms Phillipson told Sky News this summer: 'I do recognise the challenge, and I hear that message from institutions as well, but I think that's a really unpalatable thing to be considering. 'Not least because I know that lots of students across the country are already facing big challenges around the cost of living, housing costs, lots of students I speak to who are already working lots of jobs, extra hours, in order to pay for their studies.' Less than a month earlier, the Education Secretary told the BBC• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Бр » BBC (Би-би-си) • Средства массовой информации » Средства массовой информации Великобритании » BBC (Би-би-си) that Labour had 'no plans' to increase fees. What has Labour previously said on tuition fees? 2020 - 'Support the abolition of tuition fees' When he was campaigning to be Labour leader in 2020, Sir Keir Starmer said he would 'support the abolition of tuition fees' among his 10 key pledges. 22 July, 2024 - 'No plans' to increase tuition fees On 22 July, little more than two weeks after winning power, Labour's Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said there were 'no plans' to raise tuition fees. She told BBC Radio• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Bb » Bbc Radio 4: 'We have no plans at this stage, we want to look right across the board to make sure we are putting our universitites on a stable footing.' 15 August, 2024 - Tuition fees rise 'really unpalatable' Speaking to Sky News on A-Level results day on 15 August, Ms Phillipson said a tuition fees rise would be 'a really unpalatable thing to be considering'. NHS Keir Starmer Labour

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