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Tuition Fees

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Universities in Wales will be able to charge full-time undergraduate students up to £9,535 a year from 2025/26, the Welsh Government has announced. Student living support – also known as maintenance loans and grants – will also rise by 1.6%. Here's what you need to know.
5 December 2024
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The Government has announced that English and Welsh universities will be able to raise maximum tuition fees to £9,250 a year from August 2017 – and the increase could hit those already studying too. But as MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis explains below, in practical terms most won't pay more.
21 July 2016
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University tuition fees will be cut from £9,000 to £6,000 a year if Labour wins the General Election, Ed Miliband has today promised.
26 February 2015
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MPs who broke a pledge not to raise tuition fees shouldn't stand for re-election, according to a poll of parents published today.
21 November 2012
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Students heading to university this autumn can expect to spend an average £9,250 a year on the cost of living, according to research published on the day A Level results come out.
16 August 2012
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Fewer students have applied to start university this year says admissions body Ucas, raising concerns it's down to confusion over higher tuition fees.
30 January 2012
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The communication of student fees has been described as a "national scandal" as a poll shows 59% of people in England feel they have little or no understanding of the new finance system.
9 November 2011
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Only one third of pupils correctly understand how the new tuition fees system works, a new survey has revealed.
27 June 2011
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The Government tonight won a crucial Commons vote on raising the upper level of tuition fees to £9,000 a year in England.
9 December 2010
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Students could pay up to £9,000 a year in tuition fees from 2012, three times the current amount, ministers confirmed today.
3 November 2010

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