Coventry Uni to charge students £9,000 yearly tuition fees

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Coventry Uni has confirmed it will join Warwick and be one of the places charging some new students £9,000 a year in tuition fees from 2012.




That’s three times as much as current students there are required to pay.

At Coventry, a sliding scale will be brought in with the fees dependent on individual courses – it will range from £7,500 for subjects like English and Psychology to the full £9,000 for things like Engineering and Fashion.

It follows the government’s decision late last year to allow universities to triple their fees to replace state grants that are being cut.

In a statement, Chairman of Governors Alan Richardson said:
The Chairman of the Governors, Mr Alan Richardson, said:

“We have considered very carefully the University’s proposals for 2012 in the light of the radical changes to university funding. We are sure that the fees that we have set will enable Coventry University not only to maintain its recent success but to continue to grow and to flourish in an increasingly competitive marketplace.”

On Friday Warwick University confirmed its fees would also reach the £9,000 a year mark.

A spokesperson said: “Warwick students are taught by world-leading academics on a campus with a global reputation.”

“Warwick is also consistently ranked as one of the UK’s top ten universities.”

“We need to not just preserve that level of excellence, but to build on it and enhance it despite the reduction in funding that English universities are facing through the cuts to their teaching grants.”

Warwick’s Students Union are said to be ‘unhappy’ at the move, but have been in dialogue with officials to make sure the ‘student experience is improved’.

The plans are set to be approved by the Office for Fair Access in July.