THE: Alliance contribution aims to reshape fees debate
Published on May 11, 2010
University top-up fees would be rebranded as graduate contributions under proposals published today by a group of 23 universities.
The University Alliance – which represents institutions including The Open University, the University of Hertfordshire and Sheffield Hallam University – argues that its system would dispel “myths” about an upfront cost to university study and the language of debt.
Its plans would see the troubled Student Loans Company replaced with a “Graduate Contribution Agency”.
University Alliance has submitted its response to the Office for Students’ (OfS) call for evidence on regional access partnerships. As a mission group representing professional and technical universities with deep…
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