No 6481
Wednesday 25 October 2017
Vol cxlviii No 5
pp. 54–71
1 November, Wednesday. All Saints’ Day. Scarlet Day.
5 November, Sunday. Commemoration of Benefactors. Scarlet Day. Preacher before the University at 11.15 a.m., The Rt Hon. Lord Mackay of Clashfern kt, Honorary Fellow of Trinity and Girton Colleges, formerly Commissary and sometime Lord Chancellor (Lady Margaret’s Preacher).
9 November, Thursday. Michaelmas Term divides.
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Discussions (at 2 p.m.) |
Congregations |
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21 November |
25 November, Saturday at 2 p.m. |
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5 December |
The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that the Discussion announced for Tuesday, 7 November 2017 will not take place as there are no Reports ready for discussion.
In its Notice dated 12 June 2017 (Reporter, 6469, 2016–17, p. 587), the Council published the terms of an initiated Grace proposing the removal of the age limit on membership of the Regent House.
Under Special Ordinance A (i) 7 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 65), the Council is required to authorize submission of the Grace or publish a Report giving reasons for its decision to withhold authorization and recommending that the Regent House approve that decision. If such approval is not given, the Council is required to submit the Grace to the Regent House not later than the end of the term next following.
The Council has discussed the Grace at meetings on 17 July and 27 September 2017. It has concluded that, as the Grace and the Council’s proposed response to the Grace raise complex issues that affect primarily College Fellows, it would be appropriate to consult with the Colleges.
The Council notes the need to allow sufficient time for the Heads of the Colleges to consult with the Councils and/or the Governing Bodies of their Colleges, as requested by the Colleges. As the dates of the meetings of those bodies vary from College to College, it is necessary for the consultation period to run until the end of the Michaelmas Term. The Council expects to consider responses from the Colleges, and to make a decision in accordance with Special Ordinance A (i) 7, at its meeting on 22 January 2018.
In the following Notice the Council proposes amendments to the fees for certain categories of students as set out in the Table of Fees attached to the regulations for University Composition Fees.
1. Ordinances provide that recommendations for the University Composition Fees to be charged to Home and EU undergraduate students be accompanied by an analysis of the cost of an undergraduate education agreed by the General Board and the Council following consultation with the Colleges (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 152; Grace 13 of 26 May 2011). The outcome of the agreed calculation for 2015–16 is an average cost per student of £18.5k (showing an increase over the 2014–15 calculation of £18.0k) as follows:
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2015–16 |
£k / UG FTE |
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University expenditure |
14.4 |
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less: College fee |
(4.5) |
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net University expenditure |
9.9 |
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plus: College expenditure |
8.6 |
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Total cost |
18.5 |
Details of the analysis are provided on the Planning and Resources
website.1
2. On 9 October 2017 the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research, and Innovation confirmed2 that for the 2018–19 academic year, the maximum tuition fee caps will be maintained at 2017–18 academic year levels. The maximum tuition fee for full-time courses will remain £9,250 in 2018–19.
3. The Council therefore proposes that Home/EU students admitted on or after 1 September 2017 will be liable for a fee of £9,250 in 2018–19. The cap and fee may be increased for those students and for new entrants in future years.
4. Although on certain conditions the cap might also have been increased for continuing students starting before 1 September 2017, no increase was applied and the Council again proposes that Home/EU New Regime students admitted before 1 September 2017 be liable for a fee of £9,000 in 2018–19 and that the fee be similarly fixed for any remaining Old Regime students.
5. Table A in the Schedule sets out the fees subject to the cap, including
the fee for the year abroad. Although a higher rate of fee is permitted for non-Erasmus
students on work placements abroad, the Council has agreed for the present that the
lower figure that applies to Erasmus students be charged to students on both work and
study placements.
6. Fees for ELQ students on 'non-exempt' courses in 2018–19 were approved by Grace 2 of 26 April 2017 and fees for 2018–19 proposed for ELQ students on exempt courses are in line with the regulated fees as described above.
7. The regulated fee continues to apply to Home/EU students on ELQ exempt
courses (Architecture, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and the P.G.C.E.).
8. Fees for the courses in Table C in the Schedule shall be as set out in the table.
9. Fees for the P.G.C.E. and the M.Phil. Degree in Architecture and Urban Studies are regulated, and are in line with the regulated fees as described above.
10. The M.St. Degree in Genomic Medicine was omitted from earlier schedules.
The Council is accordingly submitting a Grace to the Regent House (Grace 1, p. 61) for the approval of the fees set out in the Schedule attached to this Notice.
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Table A: Regulated rates |
Annual Fee (£) |
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Home and EU students |
Home and EU students |
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Old Regime |
New Regime |
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Continuing students who commenced before 1 September 2012 |
Students who commenced on or after 1 September 2012 but before 1 September 2017 |
Students who commenced on or after 1 September 2017*** |
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2017–18 |
2018–19 |
2017–18 |
2018–19 |
2018–19 |
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B.A. Degree: Groups 1–5 |
3,465 |
3,465 |
9,000 |
9,000 |
9,250 |
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B.Th. Degree |
3,465 |
3,465 |
9,000 |
9,000 |
9,250 |
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Medical and Veterinary Degrees: M.B., B.Chir., Vet.M.B. |
3,465 |
3,465 |
9,000 |
9,000 |
9,250 |
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M.Eng. Degree and M.Sci. Degree |
3,465 |
3,465 |
9,000 |
9,000 |
9,250 |
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M.Math. Degree |
3,465 |
3,465 |
9,000 |
9,000 |
9,250 |
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Certificates (excluding P.G.C.E.) |
3,465 |
3,465 |
9,000 |
9,000 |
9,250 |
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P.G.C.E. |
3,465 |
3,465 |
9,000 |
9,000 |
9,250 |
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Year abroad* |
1,725 |
1,725 |
1,350** |
1,350** |
1,385** |
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* These fees apply whether the student is studying or working abroad, but do not apply to a student on an Erasmus exchange.
** This fee is payable by all year abroad students including those under the Erasmus scheme.
*** In the case of EU students, provided that UK law continues to permit such students to be charged at a lower rate than is charged to other International (Overseas) students.
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Table B* Home / EU ELQ exempt |
Annual Fee (£) |
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Continuing Home / EU ELQ students |
New Regime Home / EU ELQ students |
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Continuing students who commenced before 1 September 2012 |
Students who commenced on or after 1 September 2012 but before 1 September 2017 |
Students who commenced on or after 1 September 2017 |
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2017–18 |
2018–19 |
2017–18 |
2018–19 |
2018–19 |
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B.A. Degree: |
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Architecture** |
3,465 |
3,465 |
9,000 |
9,000 |
9,250 |
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Medical and Veterinary Sciences** |
3,465 |
3,465 |
9,000 |
9,000 |
9,250 |
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Medical and Veterinary Degrees:** |
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M.B., B.Chir., Vet.M.B. |
3,465 |
3,465 |
9,000 |
9,000 |
9,250 |
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P.G.C.E.** |
n/a |
n/a |
9,000 |
9,000 |
9,250 |
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Year abroad (ELQ exempt)** |
1,725 |
1,725 |
1,350 |
1,350 |
1,385 |
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* The above rates apply to Home/EU students commencing a course in 2009–10 or later years leading to a qualification which is equivalent to, or at a lower level than, a qualification they possessed when they began their course (ELQ students). Students who have proceeded to the B.A. Degree but have been given leave to read for another Tripos ‘not for honours’ are deemed to be ELQ students for the purpose of their fee liability.
**ELQ students on courses in Architecture, or courses in Medical and Veterinary Sciences leading to the B.A. Degree, as defined in regulations, to the M.B. and B.Chir. Degrees, to the Vet.M.B. Degree, or courses leading to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education are exempt from the ELQ policy and pay the regulated fees set out above.
NB: An error in the Undergraduate Prospectus may have misled ELQ students to believe the fee remained at the level of that charged to a publicly funded undergraduate. The addition to the fee in 2015–16 (and 2016–17) for students admitted in 2014 or 2015 will be waived so that the University fee charged will be the publicly funded rate applicable for that year.
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Table C |
2017–18 |
2018–19 |
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M.Phil. Degree in Architecture and Urban Design |
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Old Regime Home / EU students, Year 1 |
3,465 |
3,465 |
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Old Regime Home / EU students, Year 2 |
1,725 |
1,725 |
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Home / EU students for whom the Old Regime rate does not apply, Year 1 |
9,000 |
9,000 |
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Home / EU students for whom the Old Regime rate does not apply, Year 2 |
4,500 |
4,500 |
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2017–18 |
2018–19 |
2019–20 |
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M.St. in Genomic Medicine (two-year part-time course) |
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2017 entry Home / EU |
6,000 |
6,000 |
n/a |
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2017 entry International (Overseas) |
14,591 |
14,591 |
n/a |
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2018 entry Home / EU |
n/a |
6,000 |
6,000 |
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2018 entry International (Overseas) |
n/a |
16,000 |
16,000 |
The examination results statistics publication for 2017 is now available on the Planning and Resource Allocation Office website at https://www.prao.admin.cam.ac.uk/data-analysis-planning/examination-statistics.