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Establishing a number cap by introducing a minimum entry tariff will have a deeply harmful effect on the UK higher education sector and prospective students.

Steps to introduce minimum tariff thresholds would cut off some socially disadvantaged students from access to a phase of education that is associated with narrowing attainment gaps.

A minimum entry tariff could have perverse consequences on other stated objectives of the Office for Students (OfS) or the government, by reducing universities’ capacity to recruit students from low-participation areas in the country.

If a minimum entry tariff was introduced, it could have a harmful impact on the accessibility of university study for mature students.
 

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