Notices

Calendar

12 December, Friday. Congregation of the Regent House at 2 p.m.

17 December, Wednesday. Last ordinary issue of the Reporter in Michaelmas Term.

19 December, Friday. Michaelmas Term ends.

25 December, Thursday. Christmas Day. Scarlet Day.

Election to the Board of Scrutiny

5 December 2025

The Vice-Chancellor announces that the following person has been elected to serve as a member of the Board of Scrutiny with immediate effect until 30 September 2029:

Class (c)(ii) (a member of the Regent House): Dr Francesca Patricia Louise Moore

Details of the poll and the transfer of votes under the Single Transferable Vote regulations (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 121) are as follows:

Number of valid votes cast: 1,350 (no invalid votes) (Quota: 675)

	First count	Transfer of Dr Wood’s votes	Second count	Result
Dr Francesca Patricia Louise Moore, HO	628	+92	720	Elected
Professor Michael Thomas Roberts	540	+49	589
Dr Connor Purcell Wood, CL	182	-182	–
Non-transferable		41	41
Total	1,350		1,350

University Composition Fees

4 December 2025

In the following Notice, the Council proposes amendments to the fees for certain categories of students as set out in the Schedule below, for approval by Grace in accordance with Regulation 10 of the Ordinance for University Composition Fees (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 156, as amended by Grace 1 of 5 November 2025).

A. Home undergraduate regulated fees in 2026–27

Home undergraduate and P.G.C.E. students subject to the regulated maximum fee

1. In November 2025, the government announced the changes for the maximum tuition fees for students subject to the regulated fee for the 2026–27 and 2027–28 academic years.1 These fees will be increased by 2.71% and then by 2.68% respectively for students starting or continuing their courses and thus are set at the level of £9,790 in 2026–27 and £10,050 in 2027–28.

2. The Council therefore proposes that Home students admitted on or after 1 September 2017 will be liable for a fee of £9,790 in 2026–27 and £10,050 in 2027–28, as specified in Table 1 in the Schedule.

3. Fees for Home students studying for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (P.G.C.E.) are also regulated by the government and are specified in Table 2.

B. Home equivalent and lower qualification (ELQ) exemptions

Fees for ELQ exempt students in 2026–27

4. Students aiming for equivalent or lower qualification (ELQ) on courses in Medical or Veterinary Sciences leading to the B.A. Degree, as defined in the Regulations, to the M.B. or B.Chir. Degrees, the Vet.M.B. Degree, on courses in Architecture, or the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, are exempt from the ELQ policy and pay the regulated fees set out in Tables 1 and 2.

5. The introduction of the Lifelong Loan Entitlement (LLE) in 2027–28 will remove the equal or lower qualification (ELQ) restriction altogether, so no ELQ fee rates or exceptions from them will need to be set from that academic year onwards.

The Council is accordingly submitting Graces to the Regent House for the approval of the fees for 2026–27 and 2027–28 respectively as set out in the Schedule attached to this Notice. These Graces are being submitted for approval at a Congregation on 12 December (Graces 1 and 2 to be submitted on 12 December, p. 152), so that the fees for both years can be confirmed in offer letters to undergraduate applicants.2

SCHEDULE

Home undergraduate and P.G.C.E. fees in 2026–27 and 2027–28 for students subject to the regulated fee.

TABLE 1

Qualification	Annual fee (£)
	Home
	2026–27		2027–28
	Students who commenced on or after 1 September 2012 but before 1 September 2017	Students who commenced after 1 September 20171	Students who commenced on or after 1 September 2012 but before 1 September 2017	Students who commenced after 1 September 20171
B.A. Degree: Courses leading to Tripos, Preliminary or Ordinary Examinations in
Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Archaeology	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Architecture	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Classics	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Computer Science	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Design		9,790		10,050
Economics	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Education	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Engineering	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
English	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Geography	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
History	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
History and Modern Languages	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
History and Politics	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
History of Art	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Human, Social and Political Sciences	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Land Economy2	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Law	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Linguistics	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Linguistics and Modern Languages				10,050
Management Studies	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Manufacturing Engineering	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Mathematics	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Medical Sciences	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Modern and Medieval Languages	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Music	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Natural Sciences	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Philosophy	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Psychological and Behavioural Sciences	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Veterinary Sciences	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Year Abroad3	1,350	15% of the full-time regulated fee applicable in the year that the year abroad is taken	1,350	15% of the full-time regulated fee applicable in the year that the year abroad is taken
B.Th. Degree	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
Medical and Veterinary Degrees: M.B., B.Chir. Degrees, Vet.M.B. Degree	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050
M.Eng., M.Des., M.Math. and M.Sci. Degrees	9,000	9,790	9,000	10,050

TABLE 2

Qualification	Annual fee (£)
	Home
	2026–27	2027–28
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (P.G.C.E.)	9,790	10,050