Some universities could lower tuition fees
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As many as 28 universities in England are considering lowering the fees they have said they will charge from next year.
he news comes as hundreds of thousands of teenagers are preparing to apply for university.
Universities set their fee and bursary levels in April but in July the government announced further changes.
Fees will rise up to a limit of £9,000 next year but the changes mean some universities might want to charge less.
In England, fees will rise up to a maximum of £9,000. Fees in Wales and Scotland are also rising up to that maximum level - but only for students from other parts of the UK.
Scottish students studying in Scotland will pay no fees and Welsh students will be subsidised wherever they study in the UK.
The Office for Fair Access (Offa) said 28 universities had expressed an interest in cutting their average fee to £7,500 or less.
Eight have already taken steps to do so.
There are about 130 universities and other higher education institutions in England.
It means that young people hoping to apply for university next year cannot yet be certain of the fee levels of the institutions they are considering applying to.
Most will want to apply before a deadline in mid-January. Those applying to Oxford and Cambridge and for medicine and veterinary science have already applied.
Offa is writing to all universities giving them the timetable for revising their fees.
Universities have until 4 November to submit their new plans, which will be confirmed by the end of November.
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