mo4ch:>Call to scrap 'elitist' Oxford application fee | Mo4ch News

By Sean CoughlanBBC News family and education correspondent 19 February 2020 Image copyrightGetty ImagesAcademics at Oxford University want to scrap a £75 fee required to apply for postgraduate courses - arguing it is an "elitist" financial barrier.The fee is not refundable - and an internal email suggests Oxford receives £2m from applications per year, mostly from those who have been rejected.There are complaints the fee is "discriminatory" and putting off "excellent candidates".But Oxford says a "growing number" of universities charge an application fee.Michael Cassidy, of the university's department of earth sciences, said charging a fee for even applying reinforced an image of being "elitist and arrogant". The campaign to stop Oxford's levying of application fees - separate from tuition fees - has been revealed by a higher education publication, Research Professional News.Top universities to give more places to disadvantagedRi…