Students would pay more for some degrees University students would be willing to pay higher tuition fees for courses that lead to the highest-earning jobs. Research, undertaken by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES), will feed into an independent review of tuition fees which is being led by Lord Browne of Madingley.
The researchers found students, particularly those from the poorest homes, were willing to pay higher fees for courses that would lead to high-earning jobs. The majority of the 81 university applicants who were quizzed could be "sold on the idea," they said.
Thomas Usher, a research fellow at IES and one of the authors of the study said "Across the board, but particularly among students from non-traditional backgrounds, there was a willingness to pay differential fees for different subjects. But when asked whether they would be prepared to pay higher fees for a particular kind of university, the majority were reflectively against this."
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