Student fees could impact postgrad courses, says survey

Mon, 23 May 2011

Higher tuition fees for undergraduate courses could see fewer students going on to do a postgraduate degree, a new survey suggests.

An online poll by student website the Student Room found that just two fifths (41 per cent) said they would definitely still have done, or will do, a postgraduate course if they had to pay £9,000 a year for their first degree, as is likely to be the case for many under government reforms.

Meanwhile, almost a third (29.9 per cent) said they would not have, or will not, continue studying if they had to pay the higher rate for their undergraduate course, and the rest said they were unsure, the Press Association reports.

Jamie O'Connell, marketing director of the Student Room, said: "With the cost of a degree set to rise significantly and more students having high levels of debt as graduates it is no surprise that people will think very carefully whether they want to potentially add to that debt by studying at a postgraduate level."

Around two-thirds of universities are expected to charge the maximum £9,000 in fees for some or all of their courses from next academic year.
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