EU students at universities in England will continue to be treated the same as home students in the first intake after Brexit. Education Secretary Damian Hinds says EU students starting in autumn 2019 will pay the same tuition fees as English students and their access to support will be unchanged. This status will last for the duration of their degree courses. Mr Hinds said he wanted to provide “clarity and certainty”. The Scottish government has already made a similar
This June is TESYouth 5 years Anniversary. We celebrates five years of supporting young people. Back in 2013 when TESYouth began, 15% of young people aged 16-24 were Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET). Five years later and that rate has now decreased to 11.5% (Office of National Statistics). Despite this apparently positive trend, young people are still being left behind. According to a new piece of research, around half a million unemployed young people are falling through the gaps,
A big thanks to students at University of Westminster for the day
Former students will be able to earn more before they have to start paying back their tuition fee loans. English and Welsh students who took out loans from September 2012 onwards – when fees in England rose to up to £9,000 a year – will now start to pay back when they earn £25,000 a year instead of £21,000. The government says the move could save graduates up to £360 a year. The National Union of Students said the change was “welcome
“There can be so much disappointment and loneliness because we are encouraged to aspire and have ambitions – and then what happens when we fail? “Maybe exam results aren’t good enough. The ideal you’ve been built up for – like being a footballer, being a doctor – doesn’t happen.” This 20-year-old woman, interviewed for a study on youth loneliness, captures the sense of pressure and isolation many young people say they feel. The research, by Manchester Metropolitan University and the young person’s mental
