Okay To Shop Around?

[Herbert Spencer]

I am afraid IT IS the ANNUAL cost.

Well, we could just email and ask them, but what fun would that be?? Following the precedent established by "experts" like George Gollum, we should first speculate, guess, conjecture, hypothesize, connect-the-dots, ruminate, suppose and surmise.

My guess was based on this:

These are the total course fees. The amount of tuition fee set for the year when you register is the total amount that you will pay for your studies. Whether it takes three years or up to six years, the fee remains the same.

http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/research/phd/...e-learning

Compare this to, for example, the fees stated for the distance Archaeology PhD:

These are the annual fees.

2012/13
? UK/EU Applicants - ?1,988
? International Applicants - ?4,863

2013/14
? UK/EU Applicants - ?2,078
? International Applicants - ?5,083

http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/research/phd/...e-learning

In the latter example they specifically state that the fees are annual while the former does not, and the stated annual fee is substantially less than that stated for the other program.?

You would think that in England they might have a firm enough handle on the English language that they could communicate these simple things without leaving the reader in mystery.? But being in academia, they probably have a crew of third-world drones doing all the donkey work and don't want to damage their self-esteem or risk accusations of racism by pointing out incompetence.