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Fee Limits. 4.1 The University’s intention is to charge all Home and other EU undergraduates studying for a first degree, irrespective of course, and who were admitted between 1 September 2012 and before 1 September 2017 the tuition fee39 set at the amount determined by the Secretary of State as the higher rate under Part III of the Higher Education Act 2004.40 We anticipate that the fee will be £9,000; the same rate of tuition fee will apply to UK and other EU students admitted to the PGCE. 4.2 The University intends to participate in the first year of the TEF and will therefore raise the fee charged to Home and EU undergraduate and PGCE students admitted from 1 September 2017 in line with the inflation-adjusted fee cap announced by the Government. We anticipate that the fee will be £9,250 in 2017-18, and that new and continuing students in future years may be subject to annual or other periodic fee increases. We are confident that it will be possible to make these proposed increases in fees in compliance with consumer law. 4.3 At the time of drafting this Access Agreement it is not known what impact the outcome of the recent referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU will have on UK policy on higher education tuition fees, loans and bursaries. Our intention for 2017-18 is to continue to charge EU students at the UK fee rate applicable at the time, provided this continues to be permitted by UK law. 4.4 Those undergraduates who are undertaking an Erasmus year abroad or an overseas year of study as part of their undergraduate course will be charged a fee at the maximum we are permitted to charge. Subject to approval by the University, that is expected to be £1,350. However, the year abroad fee will also increase in future years for students admitted after 1 September 2017 in line with government guidance. 4.5 Any student deemed to be continuing studies that were commenced before 1 September 2012 will be subject to the fee regime applicable to pre-2012 entrants. 4.6 It is estimated that by 2016-17 (ie the point at which it is expected that almost all undergraduate students will have been admitted under the new system introduced in 2012) and subject to any controls operated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), approximately 10,000 undergraduate students and 400 PGCE students admitted to the University will be paying the higher rate of tuition fee. This would produce an additional fee income above the standard rate of c. £30.9 million.

Fee Limits. 4.1 The University’s intention is to charge all Home and other EU undergraduates studying for a first degree, irrespective of course, and who were admitted between 1 September 2012 and before 1 September 2017 the tuition fee39 fee14 set at the amount determined by the Secretary of State as the higher rate under Part III of the Higher Education Act 2004.40 We anticipate that 200415. For those who started their course after 1 September 2012 including those entering the University in October 2014 the fee will be £9,000; . The rate will increase annually in accordance with rates announced by the Secretary of State. The same rate of tuition fee will apply to UK and other EU students admitted to the PGCE. 4.2 The University intends to participate in the first year of the TEF and will therefore raise the fee charged to Home and EU undergraduate and PGCE students admitted from 1 September 2017 in line with the inflation-adjusted fee cap announced by the Government. We anticipate that the fee will be £9,250 in 2017-18, and that new and continuing students in future years may be subject to annual or other periodic fee increases. We are confident that it will be possible to make these proposed increases in fees in compliance with consumer law. 4.3 At the time of drafting this Access Agreement it is not known what impact the outcome of the recent referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU will have on UK policy on higher education tuition fees, loans and bursaries. Our intention for 2017-18 is to continue to charge EU students at the UK fee rate applicable at the time, provided this continues to be permitted by UK law. 4.4 Those undergraduates who are undertaking an Erasmus year abroad or an overseas year of study as part of their undergraduate course in 2014-15 will be charged a fee at the maximum we are permitted to charge. Subject to approval by the University, that is expected to will be £1,350. However, the year abroad fee will also increase in future years 1,350 for students admitted after undertaking Erasmus study and work placement years abroad and non-Erasmus years of study abroad, and £1,800 for students on non-Erasmus work placements. Students who started their course before 1 September 2017 2012 on a study or work placement will be charged no fee in line with government guidance2014-15 if they are on Erasmus placements; otherwise 50% of the fee (ie £1,725) will be charged. 4.5 4.3 Any student deemed to be continuing (including “end-on”) studies that were commenced before 1 September 2012 will be subject to the fee regime applicable to pre-2012 entrants. 4.6 It 4.4 On present policy it is estimated that by 2016-17 (ie the point at which it is expected that almost all undergraduate students will have been admitted under the new system introduced in 2012) and subject to any controls operated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), approximately 10,000 10,300 undergraduate students and 400 PGCE students admitted to the University will be paying the higher rate of tuition fee. This would produce an additional fee income above the standard rate of c. £30.9 millionc£31.8 million against which is set the reduction in HEFCE funding for teaching.