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=== Fees and financial assistance ===
17,634 students received financial assistance for their studies in 2015–16.<ref name="Facts and Figures 2015" /> The typical cost for United Kingdom-based students of a Bachelor's [[honours degree]] at the OU was between £3,780 and £5,130 in 2009–10. [[Timeline of tuition fees in the United Kingdom|From September 2012 the Government reduced its funding for all students residing in England]] and fees went up to compensate. English students pay higher fees than those living in the rest of the United Kingdom. The average cost of one full-time year or 120 credits rose to £6,336 in 2021, bringing the cost of an average Bachelor's [[honours degree]] for an English student to £19,008. ([[European Union]] and international students pay more as the university does not receive government funding for them).<ref name="facts0910" />  The most important revenue stream to the Open University is now academic fees paid by the students, which totalled about £157 million in 2009–10 and £248 million in 2015–16.<ref name="facts0910" /><ref name="Facts and Figures 2015" />