How we spend your fees
Your money, your future.
University is a unique opportunity for personal growth – a time to build friendships, explore fresh perspectives, and shape your future. Here, you can see how we invest tuition fees to provide a dynamic and inspiring environment that empowers our students to pursue their career goals and aspirations.
Where your money goes
Our income is invested to deliver the best possible student experience, teaching and research.
The breakdown below explains how we spend our income.
| Income | Amount % |
|---|---|
| Direct teaching costs | 37 |
| Teaching premisis | 15 |
| Academic services (e.g. The library) | 24 |
| Student's Union and sports facilities | 2 |
| Supporting student success (e.g. student services) | 6 |
| Bursaries and Scholarships | 5 |
| Outreach and communications | 7 |
| Support services (e.g. admissions, HR) | 4 |
| Financing costs | 1 |
N.B. Rounded down by 1%. Figures are for the 2020/21 academic year. This information will be updated annually.
The outcome of that investment is that we have been awarded Gold in the latest Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023 – the highest possible ranking for teaching quality and student success.
We’re extremely proud of the difference our students, graduates and staff make to transforming lives and positively impacting society – whether that’s in the arts, business, politics, law, teaching, healthcare or science and engineering. 95% of students are in work or further study fifteen months after graduating1.
Our income also enables the University to undertake research that helps tackle issues such as in healthcare, modern slavery and addressing environmental issues, particularly flooding and transitioning to become carbon neutral. This research also feeds into what we teach our students.
H2: Where does our income come from?
It’s not only tuition fees that are invested in our students’ experience, teaching and research. We also generate income from research grants and contracts, as well as things like accommodation and catering.
A summary is below for 2020/21. (Is this something we’d like to update?)
| Income | Amount (£’000) | % of total |
| Fees from full time UK and EU Students | 92,539 | 49.6 |
| Fees from full time non-EU Students | 23,131 | 12.4 |
| Fees from Part time students | 4,112 | 2.2 |
| Fees from short courses | 2,802 | 1.5 |
| Research Training Support Grants | 510 | 0.3 |
| Research Grants and Contracts | 11,384 | 6.1 |
| Government Teaching Grants | 10,308 | 5.5 |
| Government Research Grants | 8,014 | 4.3 |
| Government Specified Grants | 4,036 | 2.2 |
| Health Authorities | 2,942 | 1.6 |
| Capital Grants | 3,990 | 2.1 |
| Accommodation and Hospitality | 10,125 | 5.4 |
| Investment income, donations and endowments | 1,148 | 0.6 |
| Other | 11,502 | 6.2 |
| Total | £186,543 | 100 |
UK domicile full-time first-degree leavers; Higher Education Graduate Outcomes statistics, for the academic year 2020/21, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency June 2023