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Business Secretary Vince Cable is to propose a graduate tax linked to post-university earnings, replacing the current system of tuition fees, as part of major reforms to higher education.
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Under the plans the government would pay tuition fees directly to universities, instead of lending to students.
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Graduates would repay the cost of their degree once they start working, with higher earners paying more.
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"We want to investigate an option which is clearly fairer and related to people's ability to pay," Dr Cable told the BBC's Today Programme, ahead of a speech at London's South Bank University.
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Two-year degrees and more flexible, part-time courses are also expected to be suggested in the plans, as a means of cutting the cost of higher education.
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The proposals will be investigated by Lord Browne in a sweeping review of higher education, to be published in the autumn.
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The Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) -- which was ordered by the government to slash its budget -- has written to universities confirming cuts of £200 million for this year, including £82 million from teaching grants.
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The Universities and College Union (UCU), which represents lecturers, warned the government against "increasing the financial burden on the individual".
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UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: "If the government thinks it can get the public to swallow higher fees as some sort of graduate tax it is living in a dream world.
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Tuition fees were introduced by the Labour government and first paid by students in 1998. Overall, students pay up to £3,225 a year, which must be paid back when graduates start earning more than £15,000 a year.
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英国商务大臣文思•凯博日前提议按照英国大学生毕业后的收入水平对他们征收“毕业税”，以代替目前的大学学费。这将是高等教育主要改革的措施之一。
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按照该计划，学生无需再向政府贷款缴纳学费，而是由政府直接向大学划拨学费。
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学生毕业后一旦找到工作就要开始偿还学费，收入越高，偿还的金额越多。
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凯博博士在伦敦南岸大学发表演讲前接受英国广播公司《今日》节目采访时说：“我们希望引入一个更加公平、结合人们实际偿还能力的方案，并对其进行调研。”
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此外，作为削减高等教育成本的举措之一，该计划向大学生“推销”两年制的大学课程和更加灵活的业余课程。
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主持英国高等教育全面评估工作的布朗勋爵将对该提案进行调研，评估报告将于今年秋天公布。
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应政府削减预算的要求，英格兰高等教育基金管理委员会致信各高校通知本年度将削减2亿英镑的预算开支，其中包括8200万英镑的教学津贴。
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代表大学老师的英国高校联盟告诫政府“不要试图增加民众的经济负担”。
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高校联盟的秘书长萨莉•亨特说：“如果政府认为可以通过什么毕业税来将高额学费转嫁至民众身上，那简直是在做梦。”
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英国自1998年工党执政期间开始实行大学收费制。目前英国大学生每年需缴纳3225英镑的学费，学生毕业后年收入超过1.5万英镑时开始偿还这笔贷款。
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