KEELE University has unveiled plans to charge £9,000-a-year for all its undergraduate courses; the maximum amount allowed under new fee rules.
The first students to be saddled with the higher costs will be those beginning degrees in September 2012.
But they won't have to find this up front as people will only start paying back their fees after they graduate and earn at least £20,000-a-year.
Keele is the first of the area's three universities to declare its hand over fee levels. Staffordshire and Manchester Metropolitan universities are expected to announce their plans over the next couple of weeks.
So far, two-thirds of England's universities are proposing to treble tuition fees, sparking fears that many teenagers will be put off applying for higher education altogether.
To help sugar the pill, Keele University will be offering brand new scholarships to young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds.
These will be worth £3,000 for every year of their course: the support includes a £2,000 fee waiver and a £1,000 cash bursary. An estimated 166 students starting at Keele in 2012 will be eligible.
A further 335 students, who come from families earning £25,000 or less, are expected to qualify for bursaries of £1,000. It means a third of undergraduates will benefit from some extra support from the university.
The first students to be saddled with the higher costs will be those beginning degrees in September 2012.
But they won't have to find this up front as people will only start paying back their fees after they graduate and earn at least £20,000-a-year.
Keele is the first of the area's three universities to declare its hand over fee levels. Staffordshire and Manchester Metropolitan universities are expected to announce their plans over the next couple of weeks.
So far, two-thirds of England's universities are proposing to treble tuition fees, sparking fears that many teenagers will be put off applying for higher education altogether.
To help sugar the pill, Keele University will be offering brand new scholarships to young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds.
These will be worth £3,000 for every year of their course: the support includes a £2,000 fee waiver and a £1,000 cash bursary. An estimated 166 students starting at Keele in 2012 will be eligible.
A further 335 students, who come from families earning £25,000 or less, are expected to qualify for bursaries of £1,000. It means a third of undergraduates will benefit from some extra support from the university.
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