Notices

Pay award update

10 August 2020

On 7 July 2020, representatives of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) met with representatives of all Higher Education trade unions in a one‑off pay negotiation meeting for 2020–21. UCEA confirmed that, due to the financial impact of COVID‑19 on their member institutions, there could be no offer of a pay uplift for 2020–21. Unite, Unison and UCU have now responded to UCEA to confirm that their respective committees reject the position on pay, but are prepared to continue negotiation meetings on the other non‑pay elements of the unions’ claim (gender and ethnicity pay, casual employment arrangements and workload).

University Composition Fees

10 August 2020

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.

A. Home Undergraduate regulated fees in 2021–22

Cost of an undergraduate education

1. Ordinances provide that recommendations for the University Composition Fees to be charged to Home 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. 149; Grace 13 of 26 May 2011). The outcome of the agreed calculation for 2018–19 is an average cost per student of £22.1k (showing an increase over the 2017–18 calculation of £21.1k) as follows:

2018–19	£k / UG FTE
University expenditure	16.4
less: College fee	(4.6)
net University expenditure	11.8
plus: College expenditure	10.3
Total cost	22.1

Detail of the analysis is provided on the Planning and Resources website.1

Home undergraduate students subject to the regulated maximum fee (Table 1 in the attached Schedule)

2. On 6 July 2020 the Minister of State for Universities confirmed2 that for the 2021–22 academic year, the maximum tuition fee caps will be maintained at 2020–21 academic-year levels. The maximum tuition fee for full‑time courses will remain £9,250 in 2021–22.

3. The Council therefore proposes that Home students admitted on or after 1 September 2017 will be liable for a fee of £9,250 in 2021–22. 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 New Regime students admitted before 1 September 2017 be liable for a fee of £9,000 in 2021–22 and that the fee be similarly fixed for any remaining Old Regime students.

5. Table 1 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.

B. ELQ and postgraduate fees (Table 2)

Fees for ELQ students and certain other postgraduate courses in 2021–22

6. ELQ students on courses in Medical and Veterinary Sciences leading to the B.A. Degree, as defined in Ordinance,3 to the M.B. or B.Chir. Degrees, the Vet.M.B. Degree, on courses in Architecture, or the Postgraduate Certificate in Education are exempt from the ELQ policy and pay the Regulated fees set out in Table 1.

Fees for the courses in Table 2 in the Schedule shall be as set out in the table.

7. Fees for the M.Phil. Degree in Architecture and Urban Design are regulated and are in line with the regulated fees as described above.

The Council is accordingly submitting a Grace to the Regent House (Grace 1, p. 573) for the approval of the fees set out in the Schedule attached to this Notice.

 

SCHEDULE

Home undergraduate and certain other fees in 2021–22

TABLE 11

Qualification	Annual fee (£)
	Home
	2021–22
	Students who commenced on or after 1 September 2012 but before 1 September 2017	Students who commenced on or after 1 September 20173
B.A. Degree:2 Courses leading to Tripos, Preliminary or Ordinary Examinations in
Group 1
Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic	9,000	9,250
Archaeology	9,000	9,250
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies	9,000	9,250
Classics	9,000	9,250
Economics	9,000	9,250
Education	9,000	9,250
English	9,000	9,250
History	9,000	9,250
History and Modern Languages	9,000	9,250
History and Politics	9,000	9,250
History of Art	9,000	9,250
Human, Social and Political Sciences	9,000	9,250
Land Economy	9,000	9,250
Law	9,000	9,250
Linguistics	9,000	9,250
Modern and Medieval Languages	9,000	9,250
Philosophy	9,000	9,250
Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion	9,000	9,250
Group 2
Mathematics	9,000	9,250
Group 3
Architecture	9,000	9,250
Geography	9,000	9,250
Music	9,000	9,250
Group 4
Chemical Engineering	9,000	9,250
Computer Science	9,000	9,250
Engineering	9,000	9,250
Management Studies	9,000	9,250
Manufacturing Engineering	9,000	9,250
Natural Sciences	9,000	9,250
Psychological and Behavioural Sciences	9,000	9,250
Group 5A
Medical and Veterinary Sciences (including for this purpose the Second M.B. and the Second Vet.M.B. Examinations)	9,000	9,250
Year Abroad 4	1,350	1,385
B.Th. Degree	9,000	9,250
Medical and Veterinary Degrees: M.B., B.Chir. Degrees, Vet.M.B. Degree	9,000	9,250
M.Eng. Degree and M.Sci. Degree	9,000	9,250
M.Math. Degree	9,000	9,250

TABLE 2

Qualification	Annual fee (£)
	Home
	2021–22
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (P.G.C.E.)	9,250
M.Phil. Degree in Architecture and Urban Design
Home/EU students for whom the Old Regime rate does not apply, Year 1	9,250
Home/EU students for whom the Old Regime rate does not apply, Year 2	4,625