Campaign to reduce the additional course costs that students have to pay to complete their degrees on top of tuition fees

Extra Information: Students are already paying £9,000+ for tuition fees so shouldn't be burdened with extra costs on top to complete their degree. Students should be able to succeed on merit, not the ability to pay.

Actions Taken

This Idea opened on 2nd October 2017 and closed for voting on 23rd October 2017.
This Idea has conditionally passed. Work will start on this Idea unless it is vetoed by 50%+1 of the Student Council Meeting on 28 Nov 2017. Click here for more info
November 2017: Student Council agreed to pass this Idea. This Idea has been sent to The Executive for work to begin.
this idea has been marked as a win. Shortly after this idea was passed, The Students' Union ran a campaign around gathering evidence around the various Hidden Costs around university and pushing for change. For more information, click here.

Discuss

Fiona Graf: 10:17pm on 18 Oct 17 £9000 are already outrageous, and then that on top? Also, I would like to have more transparency - how is our money actually being spent? How much is being spent on some new fancy building on another campus or for ads?
Sydney Lee: 6:49pm on 18 Oct 17 £11k for international students... and we have to fundraise for our own degree show? unbelievable