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The Scottish Office, to forestall Scots going south to get cheaper degrees, agreed to pay the fourth-year fee for Scottish-resident students and European Union students.
Gill Wyness, who last week authored a CentreForum think-tank report calling for cheaper degrees, said: "It seems the department has underestimated the amount students will have to pay, and the debts they will have at the end of their studies".
At other schools, students paying full price subsidize the cheaper degrees.
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Sourcing a cheaper degree overseas looks increasingly attractive and Nottingham's international office says its campuses in China and Malaysia are attracting growing interest.
In many countries, rising student debt has fuelled a growing trend in young people hunting for cheaper degree programmes abroad.
The government argues that fee waivers and cheaper degree courses in further education will lower the average cost.
You're also more likely to be sitting in an overcrowded lecturer hall – cheaper degree programmes are exactly the kind of course that universities find easiest to expand, despite academics' fears that cramming in extra students is damaging teaching quality.
IMAGINE an ambitious, globe-trotting youngster from Asia who wants a good, cheap degree from somewhere in Europe.
Cheap degree programs are no exception.
Cheap degree proposals, in the absence of sufficient state support, place an unfair onus on colleges and universities.
Most cheap degree programs, such as a $9,700 degree in information technology at Texas A&M-San Antonio, rely heavily on transfer credits from community colleges and dual enrollment in high school.
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