Oxford vice-chancellor: student tuition fees should be 'closer to £16,000'

By Graeme Paton. Oxford should be able to charge close to £16,000 in annual student tuition fees to reflect the full cost of an undergraduate education, according to the university’s vice-chancellor. The existing cap on fees in England should rise to partially plug a £70 million a year funding shortfall that risks undermining Oxford’s status as one of the world’s best universities, it was claimed. Prof Andrew Hamilton used his annual oration to call for an overhaul of the existing tuition fees system which was only introduced two years ago. Read more...