Degrees underfunded by £1,750 per student, Russell Group says
by Richard Adams Education editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5YWK1)
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Each undergraduate costs England's leading universities nearly 2,000 as tuition fees and teaching grants fail to fully fund a degree, and that amount is likely to double soon unless the government acts to fill the gap.
A submission by the Russell Group of research-intensive universities - including the University of Manchester and University College London - to a consultation on higher education funding revealed that the average cost per student was 1,750 more than they receive in tuition fees and teaching grants.
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