Deferred entries, applications to Scotland increase among English students
To avoid the 272% fee hike planned for 2006, applications for ‘deferred entry’ to university in England (which means you start in 2006 but avoid top-up fees because of your application year) increased by 10% on last year, and applications from English-based students wanting to study at Scottish universities were up 16.8%.
Despite repeatedly saying that there is no confusion over top-up fees, and that they will be ‘free before and during study and fair and affordable at the time of repayment’[1], the government is to spend £3.5m on propaganda to try and convince students that it’s true.
July 24th, 2005 at 11:07 am
there is a legal challenge - see: http://www.thecep.org.uk