Kingston University

1 Will you charge:
A Top-up fees across the board maximum (?3,000)
B A flat rate for all courses below ?3,000. (If so, what is it)
C Different rates for different courses.(If so,please specify range - ie minimum/maximum)


2 If you are varying fees will they be:
A Lower for Sciences
B Lower for Arts/Humanities/social sciences
C Lower for foundation degrees
D Lower for vocationally-focused degrees
E A combination, please state (areas or specific courses)
N/A


3 Are you introducing bursaries?
A Yes
B No


4 How much for?


"We don't yet know. We recognize that people are particularly unhappy about top-up fees and we need to compensate for that."


5 If yes, will they be:
A Targeted at the most needy students
B Targeted at subjects which are short of students
C A mixture, please detail


6 If yes, are they funded
A From central university funds
B From a benefactor, private donations, etc?
C A mixture?


7 Have you employed outside agencies to help you make the decision (market researchers/brand managers)?
A Yes
B No


"We haven't done so as a university, but at faculty level that might have happened. We have done a course by course review at faculty level about whether their demand for their courses can bear the higher fees. Many of them have used external advice to help them reach decisions."


8 Where will you spend the extra income?
A Better student facilities
B Better academic facilities
C Better academic pay
D Bursaries
E Bumping up research capacity"This is meant to be about teaching funding and to rob some of that for research would be wrong."
F Other, please state


9 Will top-up fees provide enough extra income for the university for the foreseeable future?
A Yes
B No


"I've always been strongly opposed to top-up fees mainly because it will weaken higher education's claim to public funding. So although there will be a short-term advantage I am convinced that will be eroded over time. We won't be able to make as strong a claim on the treasury in the future."


10 How long do you expect the limit on top-up fees to remain at ?3,000?
A 1-3 years
B 4-6 years
C 7-10 years
D Over 10 years


"The government has to stump the money up up-front for this and they're always keen to keep a cap on public spending, so any idea that they'll be keen to raise the amount at the first opportunity is, I believe, na?ve."


11 Do you think top-up fees will put less well-off students off going to university?
A Yes
B No


12 How do you think Offa will affect your attempts to widen participation?
A Help
B Hinder
C Have no effect
D Undecided, please state
"We will still support them - I think fundamentally it is a good thing."