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Student fees in the UK highest in the world according to OECD

An OECD survey of education in its member countries shows that the UK charges the highest fees in the world for courses in public universities, higher than the USA. A high proportion of students qualify for state aid in loans or grants. The figures are for 2013/14 before the Coalition's increase to £9k was being paid by all students.

A report is in the Guardian at:

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/nov/24/uk-has-highest-undergraduate-tuition-fees-in-industrialised-world-survey-finds

Dennis Leech : 07 Dec 2015 00:36 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem