Cut Tuition Fees and Boost Adult Education, Says Think Tank

The EDSK recommended reorganising post-18 education, bringing together HE, FE, and apprenticeships under a new body, National Tertiary Education Council.
Cut Tuition Fees and Boost Adult Education, Says Think Tank
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The Government should cut the tuition fee cap for all university courses from £9,250 to £6,000 as part of a radical overhaul of post-18 education and training, a think tank has recommended.

In its report published on Wednesday, the EDSK noted that many colleges and independent higher education (HE) providers are already expected to deliver degree-level programmes for £6,000 due to their lower fee cap, which suggests this figure represents an appropriate “baseline” for measuring the costs of delivering post-18—or tertiary—education.