Universities seem to have more places

[Possiblynotever]

Just read an article in The Times: there is a 56% decrease in application by EU students due to Brexit and Covid. Applications from non EU students ar up, but only by 5%.

There should be more places available, right?

Ok, so if I underetand it correctly:

1. International students will have to be sought no matter what. We do not care about provenance or inclusion issues: we need their fees.

1. Home student numbers will stay the same but there will be an increase in fees or change in loan terms ( comparable to an increase in fees)

1. Staff should be worried of redundancies.

Will this make British Universities more appealing to the world?

2. it is a wrong assumption, there MAY be changes to tuition/loan interest/elegibility. It is a possibility (it wouldn’t be the first or second time that the tories do that in the last 10 years) but it is not a fact, at least not yet. We are hoping they stay the same.

@Possiblynotever

Ok, so if I underetand it correctly:

1. International students will have to be sought no matter what. We do not care about provenance or inclusion issues: we need their fees.

1. Home student numbers will stay the same but there will be an increase in fees or change in loan terms ( comparable to an increase in fees)

1. Staff should be worried of redundancies.

Will this make British Universities more appealing to the world?

There won't be an increase in fees.

Until a couple of weeks ago the likely announcement at the CSR was a decrease in fees.

That's now off the table. Instead you're going to a get a lowering of the salary at which loan repayments start. Helps the treasury, isn't noticed much by the graduates but benefits richer grads, has no impact on the uni. Conservative win win.

"Instead you're going to a get a lowering of the salary at which loan repayments start. Helps the treasury, isn't noticed much by the graduates but benefits richer grads, has no impact on the uni. Conservative win win"

That is truly unacceptable considering the rate applied: 4% - phenomenal!

I know, I know, you have to hit a salary of more than £25,000 per year which is not an easy task...still, you live with the worry of having to repay it back and it will prevent many from getting on the property ladder.

It's just over 27k now for plan2. That would be masaive drop if they moved it to 20k I heard about