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Table 5: Students receiving fee support from SAAS and total amount paid, 2002-03 to 2007-08
| 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
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Students in Receipt 1 | Total Amount Paid (£1000s) 2 | Students in Receipt 1 | Total Amount Paid (£1000s) 2 | Students in Receipt 1 | Total Amount Paid (£1000s) 2 |
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Tuition Fee Total | 110,960 | 124,892 | 111,180 | 127,620 | 109,955 | 129,013 |
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Full fees | 108,700 | 123,209 | 109,045 | 126,006 | 108,230 | 127,664 |
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Half fees | 1,110 | 598 | 1,130 | 622 | 795 | 445 |
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Other Fees | 1,150 | 1085 | 1,010 | 993 | 930 | 904 |
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Fee Loan 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
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Students in Receipt 1 | Total Amount Paid (£1000s) 2 | Students in Receipt 1 | Total Amount Paid (£1000s) 2 | Students in Receipt 1 | Total Amount Paid (£1000s) 2 |
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Tuition Fee Total | 110,340 | 132,117 | 112,610 | 152,145 | 114,100 | 169,528 |
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Full fees | 108,535 | 130,705 | 109,575 | 147,912 | 109,910 | 162,265 |
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Half fees | 800 | 456 | 830 | 546 | 725 | 457 |
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Other Fees | 1010 | 956 | 1,245 | 977 | 1,555 | 1,203 |
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Fee Loan 3 | - | - | 960 | 2,709 | 1,910 | 5,602 |
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Source: SAAS management information.
1. Student numbers have been rounded up or down to the nearest 5 (e.g. 1, 2 round to 0, 3, 4 round to 5). Cells containing a dash indicate 0 students.
2. Cash totals have been rounded to the nearest thousand and may not equal the sum of their constituent parts due to this rounding.
3. Fee loans were introduced for eligible students who started their course in academic year 2006-2007 and were studying outside Scotland in the rest of the UK.
- Full fees - the normal maximum public fee rate of £1,225 for students continuing from academic year 2005-06 or earlier and for all HNC/ HND level students, £1,735 for first degree level students who entered their course in 2006-2007 or later, £2,760 for medical students, and £3,235 for postgraduate students.
- Half fees - paid to students on work placements or those on years abroad where they attend their home institution for less than 10 weeks.
- Other fees - there are a few private institutions that get more than the public fee rate (usually theology-related).
Also takes account of the income assessed fees i.e. cases where SAAS pay some of the normal public fee rate and the student pays the rest. In addition students who have had a break of study of a year or more and whose college or university is charging a fee rate higher £1,225 can have the difference paid by SAAS so they are not penalised by the new higher rates.
- Fee Loans - Eligible students who begin their course of study in 2006-2007 or later, or who are returning after a break in study of a year or more, and are studying outside Scotland, can apply for a non-income assessed fee loan to pay some or all of their fees. The Student Loans Company ( SLC) extends the fee loan to the students who repay them in the same way as maintenance loans.
11. Table 5 shows that 96.3% (109,910) of those receiving tuition fee support receive their full fees. The amount spent in tuition fee support has increased by 11.4% from 2006-2007 to £169.5 million in 2007-2008. This increase is due mainly to the fact that the increased fee rates for first degree students and medical students introduced for new entrants in 2006-2007 now apply to students in the first and second years of their courses. Fee loans, which were introduced for new entrants in 2006-2007, have increased by 99.1% (to 1,910) in terms of student numbers and 106.8% in terms of payments (to £5.6 million).
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