That would supplement a transfer kitty which received a £9m boost earlier this week, the first and main instalment of the fee for the goalkeeper Simon Mignolet's switch to Liverpool.
Within a few months, biaohui involving fee instalments of thousands of yuan grew rapidly, with some including more than a hundred members.
Those affected are being told by Student Finance England (SFE) or their universities that they are no longer eligible for loans and maintenance grants, and cannot pay the next instalment of their fees.
Negotiations are on-going between UCL and its student union (UCLU) to introduce four fee instalments per year rather than two, and establish awards to support part-time PhD students.
She fears losing her place if she is unable to pay the next instalment of her tuition fees.
Requests by parents for deferrals and instalment plans to pay fees are rising even at some of Tokyo's poshest academic institutions.A shortage of money is not the only reason why students are leaving prematurely.
She paid £1,000 deposit for the course, £600 for her first month's rent, moved up to London and then paid the first instalment of the course fees: £3,000.
I've written about these fees before, but here's a quick refresher: if you get hit with a $200 ticket you can't pay, then a private-probation company will let you pay it off in instalments, for a monthly fee.
The Ibrox club signed the striker in 2010 and agreed to pay the £4m fee in instalments but Rapid are still owed just over £1m.
The Premier League, however, is poised to divert £7m, which is Portsmouth's next tranche of television money, directly to the club's creditors, who are awaiting instalments on transfer fees.
