This document is a script for a radio news story about increasing university fees in the UK. It follows a template with one word placed in each box to be read in seconds. The script discusses how fees have increased from £3,290 to a maximum of £9,000 per year starting in 2012-13. It suggests this is having a major impact on whether people decide to go to university and questions listeners on how the fee increase affected their decisions.

1. E6 Radio News Script Template
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SCRIPT: One word per
box
Word Count/ Time in
Seconds
University
Fees
Have
3 Words /1 second
Increased
From
£3,290
6 Words /2 seconds
To
A
Maximum
9 Words /3 seconds
Of
£9,000
A
12 Words /4 seconds
Year
From
2012-13.
15 Words /5 seconds
This
Is
Having
18 Words /6 seconds
A
Major
Impact
21 Words /7 seconds
On
Peoples
Decisions
24 Words /8 seconds
On
Whether
They
27 Words /9 seconds
Want
To
Go
30 Words /10 seconds
To
University.
How
33 Words /11 seconds
much
Was
Your
36 Words /12 seconds
Course?
Did
Increasing
39 Words /13 seconds
The
Affect
What
42 Words /14 seconds
University
You
Decided
45 Words /15 seconds
To
Go
To?
48 Words /16 seconds
Do
You
Think
51 Words /17 seconds
The
Fees
should
54 Words /18 seconds
As
Expensive
57 Words /19 seconds
They
Are?
60 Words /20 seconds
Be
As
63 Words /21 seconds
66 Words /22 seconds
69 Words /23 seconds
72 Words /24 seconds

2. 75 Words /25 seconds
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90 Words /30 seconds