The New College of the Humanities (a
new private college opening in London) will charge £18,000 a year starting September
2012. The college states that it has received 350 applications and has offered
places to 91 people. Out of these only seven people have been given full
scholarships, while 37 have been offered partial scholarships. To make matters
worse, students will not be eligible for state support in terms of loans, thus critics
have criticised this as an elite college and that it encouraged privatisation.
The college's master, the philosopher Professor AC Grayling, said the
college would be "elite but not exclusive".
Sally Hunt, general secretary of the UCU said: "Today's figures do
give the impression that only those prepared or able to pay top whack will be
afforded the opportunity to study at NCH.
"This should give us food for thought about the damage higher fees
will do to students, universities and the country. Surely we need the brightest
brains studying the courses best suited to their talents, not simply one within
budget?
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