With almost half of the universities of England now is committed to load maximum of £ 9000 a year in tuition and most other universities setting global fees which are close to the limit of £ 9000, issues arise inevitably in the minds of prospective students, their parents and others including perhaps those in the universities themselves, rises as to what might be the consequences of these costs and if UK higher education will be always perceived as offering in a sense 'value for money'.
Among the interesting issues raised by the increase in tuition fees are those concerning the costs of teaching different school subjects in UK universities. For example, topics such as the humanities, including for example, English, history, philosophy, and such as, are generally thought to be relatively cheap to teach. Many students will have less than 10 "contact hours" in conferences and seminars each week and study independently for a large part of making them use of time for relatively good resources markets such as the books of the library and academic journals etc online.
Conversely, many subjects in the sciences such as chemistry and physics requires several hours to spend in very expensive laboratories, under the supervision of the University staff and using equipment often extremely expensive and resources such as chemicals and business experiences. And yet, 2012, the 9000 £ tuition will be paid by students may be exactly the same to any institution given if the student is a student, say, chemistry or history.
He argued that the market to be published in the UK higher education is mostly positional in nature. That is to say that universities will always endeavor to charge at or near the maximum limit of costs, to make could not suggest a particular institution is not quality, and could be damaged in competition for students in a more competitive market environment.
Tim Leunig stressed that the most proven way to exert pressure on prices in a market down is to increase the level of competition available, and that this applies also in educational markets such as the UK "public schools" (which are in fact, despite their collective name, private schools who pay rights). However, the current level of competition in UK higher education is currently insufficient to perform something else than marginal influence on the price in higher education and universities are able to set their fees in a cluster tightly around the figure of £ 9000.[1] As a result, many students UK will be inclined to graduate with high levels of debt regardless of the actual costs at the universities of the school subject teaching particular that they have studied.
However, it could also be the case where patterns of students of the behaviour in terms of school materials, they choose to study and these universities, that they have chosen to participate can begin to move as the new rights regime begins. Therefore, while the universities have chosen perhaps at this stage to set their fees to say, maximum £ 9000 a year, still might be unsustainable subjects, at least for some academics in some universities. Universities will have to follow these developments carefully and be prompt to respond to any evidence that some academic disciplines could come under pressure.
[1] The, 17.02.2011, 26-27.
Dr. P. Cooper is an educational researcher qualified Ph.d. and a teacher qualified, specialized in higher education in the United Kingdom. Before entering higher education, he worked for 12 years in the industry, including five years at the Director level. He has research interests, in aspects of the development of education policies and practices and experiences of students in higher education. Make me visit: http://universityinsight.co.uk/
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