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Susanna Wood News Reporter After months of speculation, the University of East Anglia has announced their intention to charge the maximum tuition fee level. of £9,000 per year. The University has submitted their request to the Office for Fair
Access (Offa) to charge the maximum amount of fees for UK students for all undergraduate degree courses from 2012 onwards. The Vice-Chancellor; Professor Edward Acton, has defended the rise in fees as necessary to maintain small class sizes and excellence in teaching that ensures UEA's position as one of the top 20 universities in the country,
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with UEA also stating that a third of all new undergraduates will qualify for some sort of financial support. If approved by Offa, students from lower income households will receive up to £3,000 in fee waivers, and there will be a large number of scholarships available to highachieving students. MPs voted in December to allow
fees for home students to rise to £6,000 a year; with a limit of £9,000 in 'exceptional circumstances'. UEA is not alone in its decision; according to The Guardian, almost 75% of all English universities and university colleges plan to charge £9,000 for at least some of their courses. All universities in the 1994 group, of which UEA is a part, will be
charging £9,000 in 2012. Norwich University College of the Arts is planning on charging £8,500 for its undergraduate courses. The Union of UEA Students has expressed that it is "disappointed" with the decision. Offa will announce whether or not the plan has been approved in July.