{"id":66231,"date":"2018-07-02T13:24:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/?p=66231"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:19:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:19:46","slug":"eu-students-get-post-brexit-fees-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/eu-students-get-post-brexit-fees-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"EU students get post-Brexit fees promise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"EU students at universities in England will continue to be treated the same as home students in the first intake after Brexit.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

This status will last for the duration of their degree courses. Mr Hinds said he wanted to provide “clarity and certainty”.<\/p>\n

The Scottish government has already made a similar commitment to EU students starting in Scottish universities in autumn 2019<\/a> – which will mean they will continue to pay no tuition fees.<\/p>\n

Alistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK, said it would provide “much needed clarity for EU students and for universities”.<\/p>\n

No ‘cliff edge’<\/strong>
\nFor universities, worried about their student numbers and finances, it means there will be no “cliff edge” for recruitment from the EU immediately after Brexit in March 2019.<\/p>\n

It might also be seen as a conciliatory gesture, ahead of negotiations in which the UK’s universities hope to maintain access to a share of 100bn euros (\u00a389bn) of EU research funding.<\/p>\n

There are about 135,000 EU students in UK universities and vice-chancellors recently called for “urgent clarification” about the status of EU students who might apply for courses beginning in autumn 2019.<\/p>\n

So far there is no long-term decision or reciprocal deal on how UK students in the EU, or EU students in the UK, will be treated post-Brexit.<\/p>\n

If EU students were to be classified as overseas students, their fees would be much higher which could deter them from studying in the UK.<\/p>\n

There are 135,000 EU students in UK universities – with their status to remain unchanged for at least another year. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n