US Edition8 things new students must do now as university fees jump £1,035 overnight
Tuition fees rise to £9,535 for 2025-26, the first increase in seven years, while students face average monthly living costs of £900 outside London and £1,400 in the capital.
- On Thursday's A-level results day, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said fees could rise, while the Department for Education explores automatic inflation-linked hikes under consideration.
- Amid concerns over mounting costs, vice-chancellors warned their income is under threat, and Stern said fees now amount to only two-thirds of their 2012 real value.
- Students now spend an average of £900 a month on essentials, with London students nearing £1,400, and a £5442 Railcard can save about £576 over a degree.
- Tamsin Powell warns that tuition fee increases will heighten financial pressures on students, forcing many to seek extra income or parental support amid rising costs.
- The Department for Education is exploring permanently indexing fees to inflation, and ministers are mulling automatic annual inflation-linked tuition fee increases.
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