No 6764
Wednesday 18 December 2024
Vol clv No 13
pp. 192–206
18 December, Wednesday. Last ordinary issue of the Reporter in Michaelmas Term.
19 December, Thursday. Michaelmas Term ends.
25 December, Wednesday. Christmas Day. Scarlet Day.
5 January, Sunday. Lent Term begins.
8 January, Wednesday. First ordinary issue of the Reporter in Lent Term.
21 January, Tuesday. Full Term begins. Ballot of the Regent House, voting opens at 10 a.m. Discussion by videoconference at 2 p.m. (see below).
24 January, Friday. End of first quarter of Lent Term.
31 January, Friday. Congregation of the Regent House at 2 p.m. Ballot of the Regent House, voting closes at 5 p.m.
The Vice‑Chancellor invites members of the Regent House, University and College employees, registered students and others qualified under the regulations for Discussions (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 111) to attend a Discussion by videoconference on Tuesday, 21 January 2025 at 2 p.m. The following items will be discussed:
1. Annual Report of the Council for the academic year 2023–24 (Reporter, 6762, 2024–25, p. 152).
2. Annual Report of the General Board to the Council for the academic year 2023–24 (Reporter, 6762, 2024–25, p. 160).
3. Report of the General Board, dated 17 December 2024, on the establishment of a Department of Public Policy (Bennett School of Public Policy) (p. 196).
Those wishing to join the Discussion by videoconference should email UniversityDraftsman@admin.cam.ac.uk from their University email account, providing their CRSid (if a member of the collegiate University), by 10 a.m. on the date of the Discussion to receive joining instructions. Alternatively contributors may email their remarks to contact@proctors.cam.ac.uk, copying ReporterEditor@admin.cam.ac.uk, by no later than 10 a.m. on the day of the Discussion for reading out by the Proctors,1 or may ask someone else who is attending to read the remarks on their behalf.
In accordance with the regulations for Discussions, the Chair of the Board of Scrutiny or any ten members of the Regent House2 may request that the Council arrange for one or more of the items listed for discussion to be discussed in person (usually in the Senate-House). Requests should be made to the Registrary, on paper or by email to UniversityDraftsman@admin.cam.ac.uk from addresses within the cam.ac.uk domain, by no later than 9 a.m. on the day of the Discussion. Any changes to the Discussion schedule will be confirmed in the Reporter at the earliest opportunity.
General information on Discussions is provided on the University Governance site at https://www.governance.cam.ac.uk/governance/decision-making/discussions/.
1Any comments sent by email should please begin with the name and title of the contributor as they wish it to be read out and include at the start a note of any College and/or Departmental affiliations held.
2https://www.scrutiny.cam.ac.uk/ and https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/regent_house_roll/section1.shtml.
The Council is proposing amendments to the fees for certain categories of students as set out in the Table of Fees attached to the Ordinance for University Composition Fees.
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. 155; Grace 13 of 26 May 2011). The outcome of the agreed calculation for 2022–23 is an average cost per student of £30.2k as follows:
|
2022–23 |
£k / UG FTE |
|
|
University expenditure |
21.7 |
|
|
less: College fee |
(4.8) |
|
|
net University expenditure |
17.0 |
|
|
plus: College expenditure |
13.3 |
|
|
Total cost |
30.2 |
2. In November 2024 the government’s Education Secretary announced1 that the maximum tuition fee cap for Home students would increase to £9,535 with effect from the start of the 2025–26 academic year.
3. The Council therefore proposes that Home students admitted on or after 1 September 2017 will be liable for a fee of £9,535 in 2025–26. The cap and fee may be increased for those students and for new entrants in future years.
4. Table 1 in the Schedule sets out the fees subject to the cap, including the fee for the year abroad.
5. Fees for the courses in Table 2 in the Schedule shall be as set out in the table.
6. Fees for the degree of Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) and the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (P.G.C.E.) are also regulated by the government and are in line with the fees as described above.
7. Students aiming for equivalent or lower qualification (ELQ) on courses in Medical and Veterinary Sciences leading to the B.A. Degree, as defined in the Regulations, 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 Tables 1 and 2.
The Council is accordingly submitting a Grace to the Regent House (Grace 1, p. 198) for the approval of the fees set out in the Schedule attached to this Notice.
|
Qualification |
Annual fee (£) |
|
|
Home |
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|
2025–26 |
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Students who commenced on or after 1 September 2012 but before 1 September 2017 |
Students who commenced on or after 1 September 20171 |
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|
B.A. Degree: Courses leading to Tripos, Preliminary or Ordinary Examinations in |
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|
Group 1 |
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Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Archaeology |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Classics |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Economics |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Education |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
English |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
History |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
History and Modern Languages |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
History and Politics |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
History of Art |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Human, Social and Political Sciences |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Land Economy |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Law |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Linguistics |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Modern and Medieval Languages |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Philosophy |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Group 2 |
||
|
Mathematics |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Group 3 |
||
|
Architecture |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Design |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Geography |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Music |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Group 4 |
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|
Chemical Engineering |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Computer Science |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Engineering |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Management Studies |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Manufacturing Engineering |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Natural Sciences |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Psychological and Behavioural Sciences |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Group 5 |
||
|
Medical and Veterinary Sciences (including for this purpose the Second M.B. and the Second Vet.M.B. Examinations) |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Year Abroad2 |
1,350 |
15% of the full-time regulated fee applicable in the year that the year abroad is taken |
|
B.Th. Degree |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
Medical and Veterinary Degrees: M.B., B.Chir. Degrees, Vet.M.B. Degree |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
M.Eng. Degree and M.Sci. Degree |
9,000 |
9,535 |
|
M.Math. Degree |
9,000 |
9,535 |
1Fees are liable to change annually.
2The Year Abroad fee applies to students undertaking a full year course of study abroad or working away (see Regulation 7 for the Law Tripos, Regulation 23 for the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos, Regulation 28 for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, Regulation 24 for the Engineering Tripos).
|
Qualification |
Annual fee (£) |
|
|
Home |
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|
2025–26 |
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|
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (P.G.C.E.) |
9,535 |
|
|
Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) |
9,535 |