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Increases to assemblage tuition fees successful England are expected to beryllium announced later.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is acceptable to outline changes successful a connection to MPs successful Parliament connected Monday afternoon.
Maximum tuition fees successful England tripled to £9,000 successful 2012 and person risen conscionable erstwhile since then, to £9,250 successful 2017.
It comes arsenic universities telephone connected the authorities for assistance with their finances.
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There person been warnings from the regulator successful England, the Office for Students, that 40% of universities person predicted a shortage successful this world year.
In July, Phillipson said universities should “manage their budgets” amid calls for the authorities to bail retired struggling institutions.
Universities UK, which represents 141 universities, has suggested tuition fees would request to emergence to £12,500 a year to adequately conscionable teaching costs.
But they besides acknowledged that asking for that magnitude would look "clueless" and "out of touch".
The tripling of fees successful England successful 2012 prompted widespread protests.
Since then, they person lone accrued once, successful October 2017, erstwhile then-prime curate Theresa May announced a £250 rise.
A frost connected fees since past is owed to expire successful 2025, aft which constituent they would emergence successful enactment with a measurement of ostentation called RPIX, which counts the outgo of everything but owe involvement costs.
Higher tuition fees volition mean students request to get much to spell to university, and will permission with much debt.
Most students wage for assemblage done pupil loans.
Loans are handed retired by Student Finance England and students bash not ever spot that money, arsenic it is paid straight to their universities.
Students tin besides get assistance with regular surviving costs, done attraction loans.
These are paid into students' slope accounts successful instalments. They person accrued implicit caller years successful currency terms, but their real-terms worth has not kept up with the rising outgo of living.
Both tuition interest and attraction loans indispensable beryllium paid back.
Maintenance grants, which were non-repayable, were scrapped successful 2016.
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