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  5. Govt Top-up Fees
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1. Please indicate your gender:
 
Male
 
Female
 
 
 
2. Please specify your age in the box provided:
   
 
 
 
3. I am currently studying (Please mark the appropriate circle):
 
Part-time
 
Full-time
 
 
 
4. Which type of study are you undertaking: (Please mark the appropriate circle)
 
Undergraduate
 
Postgraduate
 
 
 
Which year of study are you in? (Please state in box provided)
   
 
 
 
6. How do you currently pay for your tuition fees? (Please mark the appropriate circle or circles)
 
I pay the fees with the help of a loan
 
My family pays the fees
 
My Local Authority pays the fees
 
Other
 
 
 
7. 
If you have a loan, please indicate which type of loan you have:
 
Student loan
 
Bank loan
 
 
8. 
How many loans do you have?
 
One
 
Two
 
Three
 
Four or more

 
 
9. 
Can you give an estimate of the total debt you will have incurred by the time you graduate? (Please tick the appropriate box)
 
No debt
 
Less than
 
Between
 
Between
 
Between
 
More than

 
 
10. 
How would the possibility of graduating with up to
 
It would worry me a lot
 
It would worry me a little
 
It would not make me feel anything
 
It would not worry me at all

 
 
11. 
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
How do you feel about the proposed increase in top-up fees?
 
 
12. 
Do you think that the UK Government should consider alternative methods of raising funds for universities? (Please tick appropriate box)
Yes No
 
 
13. 
If yes, which areas do you think the Government should focus on? (Please tick as appropriate)
 
The Government could encourage the Corporate sector to invest through ways such as student sponsorship
 
The Government should reallocate existing funds
 
The Government should raise additional funds through other means such as taxation
 
Other (please specify)
 

 
 
14. 
If your were in the process of applying to university now, would this increase in fees have influenced your decision?
Yes No
 
 
15. 
If yes, how would your decision have been altered?
 
I would not have started the course because it would have been too expensive
 
I would have chosen to study the course of my choice at a particular university based on which universtiy provided lower tuition fees
 
I would have chosen the university but picked the course according to which course has lower tuition fees

 
 
16. 
Do you think that this increase in top-up fees will have an affect on potential students' decision to study at university?
Yes No
 
 
17. 
If yes, who in particular do you think will be affected?
 
all potential students
 
potential students from less well-off backgrounds
 
potential mature students
 
potential students wishing to undertake courses longer than 4 years
 
Other (Please specify)
 

 
 
18. 
Do you think that potential students will consider tuition fees as one of the criteria of selecting which university to attend? (Please tick appropriate box)
Yes No
 
 
19. 
Do you think that potential students will consider tuition fees as one of the criteria of selecting which course to attend? (Please tick appropriate box)
Yes No
 
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