"Any further cuts would severely impede efforts to drive up quality of teaching and research". "It is essential that the government enables universities to access more funds - by lifting fee caps after the Browne review - so they can concentrate on providing a world-class learning experience," she added.
Estimates of other costs: fuel, $1,500 to $2,000; dockage fees, $20 to $50 a night; $3,000 for the crew and $6,000 for lift fees and to haul the boat back.
In light of the hefty loss and a bleak outlook for the near-term future, Fannie slashed its dividend to 5 cents a share, from 35 cents, and said it would seek to lift fees, cut costs by 10.0% and halt purchases of Alt-A loans.
A 19percentt gain in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index this year lifted revenue at UBS as customers' assets grew, raising fees.
Universities, however, will be limited to lifting their fees in line with inflation.
It had nowhere to go but up, which may be why there appears to have been an immediate benefit from the lifting of fees.
Re "In Sierra Leone, New Hope for Children and Pregnant Women" ("Promising Care" series, front page, July 18): It's heartening that governments in Africa are lifting health fees for pregnant women.
Assuming that lifting the fees cap is a quick fix to a long-running problem is naive, especially within only a few months of their introduction and without collecting and analysing evidence of their social impact.
He forgot the turbo lift that fees can give.
Moreover, while hedge fund managers may get an extra lift from fees, broadly speaking they win big only when their investors also win.
