Downing College’s May Ball tickets are cheaper for Downing fellows than they are for external students on a full bursary.

Ticket prices for non-Downing students on a full bursary is £135. In contrast to this, the ticket for Downing staff and fellows is £99, making the fellow ticket £36 cheaper than the bursary ticket.

This is different to other may ball’s ticketing policies. Jesus College, is charging £85 for bursary students, in comparison to £175 for internal tickets. Girton College, is currently trialling a new bursary ticket at £100 compared to £135 for an internal ticket.

In the case of Downing, full bursary tickets for students from the college are only slightly cheaper than fellow’s tickets, at £90. Meanwhile, the full price for a student is £179, and £182 for a non-student.

When contacted by Varsity, Downing’s president said: “Non-Downing bursary students have access to other funds and their own home-balls to attend at more discounted prices.”

The president said: “The subsidy is reserved for Downing students as this is their home college ball and thus our priority.”

The president also noted that only around ten staff and fellow tickets are sold, in comparison to about one hundred bursary tickets.

Downing College has been contacted for comment.