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Does price equal quality? It is hardly surprising that the Office of Fair Trading has started its enquiries. Contrary to plans, nearly all English undergraduate fees are already shoved up against the £9,000 wall erected only last year. Is this failed policy in terms of providing real choice to students, in facilitating competition or creating a real “market”? The OFT will ask these and, we can expect, many harder questions about course offerings, profits, subsidies and the veracity of claims made to students. Charging less than £9,000 brings media condemnation, of being “substandard” or “crap”, even if only two years ago you were happily gaining just £6,000 or so for teaching a student on an average lecture-based course. Another word is “cheap”. In July, The Daily Telegraph website listed the “Top 12 cheapest universities in England”, revealing the 12 “true believers” still hanging out for average fees of less than £7,500. Staffordshire University leads this inverse list, and Teesside, Harper Adams, Leeds Trinity, Cumbria, London Met and Bolton all weigh in below £7,000 for 2013-14.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 11:29:27 +0000

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