London Met cutting courses to lower fees, says VC

Tue, 03 May 2011

The vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University (LMU) has defended a decision to significantly cut the number of courses the institution offers prospective students.

From September 2012, the university will reduce its 577 different course arrangements to around 160.

However, speaking to the Guardian, vice-chancellor Malcolm Gillies said that making courses affordable to a wider of number of students was a key factor in this decision.

LMU has opted, following a seven-month review, to charge relatively low tuition fees of £6,850 on average, and, in contrast to most universities, will charge different prices for different courses.

Cutting the number of courses on offer is part of what has enabled the university to do this, said Mr Gillies.

"Affordability is absolutely a key part of what we are here to do," he said.

"In our view, to charge a £9,000 fee for a large number of our courses would be really restricting the backgrounds of students."

Last week, the University of Plymouth became the latest to announce an intention to charge the maximum £9,000 in tuition fees.
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