Where do your tuition fees go?

We understand that tuition fees are a significant investment, meant to secure a world-class education within a thriving academic environment.

As the students, parents, and taxpayers whose hard work funds UK Higher Education, you have every right to ask: What are these fees truly paying for?

You have been told that tuition fees are necessary to maintain teaching quality, and fund the ground-breaking research that is necessary to secure the University’s global reputation.

Yet over 200 academic staff and researchers - the very people responsible for teaching modules, providing pastoral support, and conducting the research that underpins the institution's standing - are facing the loss of their careers and livelihoods.

At the same time this is happening, executive pay is booming. The compensation for senior University management is at record levels. The current President and Vice Chancellor’s salary is 8.45 times the average pay of all staff at the University. Before taking charge in 2019, this figure was 6.1 times average staff pay.

The central issue is transparency and priority. When teaching positions are cut, but management compensation and administrative overhead grow, it raises serious questions. How are these decisions benefiting students who accrue debt by paying the fees? How do these decisions provide taxpayers with value for money?

The fee money that should be directly enhancing your learning experience is instead funding a disproportionate, bloated, and underperforming management structure.

This is not sustainable, and it is not fair.

We believe the University's priorities must be re-aligned.

The investment must be focussed on the classroom, the lab, and the library - not the boardroom.

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