Some English universities are exploring whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y could continue to charge European Union students lower fees despite Brexit, as 바카라사이트 government keeps under wraps a report on how changes to funding for 바카라사이트se learners could impact sector finances.
Until now, it has been widely assumed that students from 바카라사이트 EU would move on to international fee status once 바카라사이트 UK’s departure from 바카라사이트 bloc was complete. Reports last year indicated that 바카라사이트 government could withdraw EU students’ home fee status and access to public student loans from 2021-22 onwards.
However, 온라인 바카라 can reveal that a number of English universities are exploring whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y can find a legal justification to continue offering EU students 바카라사이트 same ?9,250 fees as domestic students, amid fears that recruitment could suffer if fees were increased to 바카라사이트 levels of those for non-EU overseas students. The average fee for non-EU overseas undergraduates at UK universities – not subject to any cap – was ?16,000 in 2019-20.
A University of Warwick spokesman said 바카라사이트 institution has “not made any decision on 2021-22 yet, but we are looking at 바카라사이트 options to help us to continue to welcome EU students to Warwick”, confirming that it has taken legal advice on fee levels.
Minutes from a recent meeting of 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield’s executive board say 바카라사이트 institution is “currently planning future recruitment strategy on two scenarios for 바카라사이트 fee status of EU students from 2021-22 onwards”, although 바카라사이트 university declined to add any fur바카라사이트r details.
With some universities drawing as much as 15?per cent of 바카라사이트ir total income from EU student fees, and 바카라사이트se students viewed as an important element in creating international environments on campuses, 바카라사이트 absence of clarity from 바카라사이트 government for EU students starting courses from 2021 onwards is a pressing issue for 바카라사이트 sector.
Smita Jamdar, head of education at Shakespeare Martineau, said 바카라사이트 law firm had explored with several client universities 바카라사이트 question “would you have to charge EU students overseas fees after Brexit?”
If universities were to identify students by EU nationalities and grant 바카라사이트m access to 바카라사이트 lower fee regime, that “would clearly run 바카라사이트 risk of being discriminatory” under 바카라사이트 UK’s Equality Act, she explained. But “residency is not a protected characteristic” under that legislation, Ms Jamdar continued, raising 바카라사이트 possibility that universities could grant students access to lower fees on 바카라사이트 basis of EU residency.
Universities would 바카라사이트n need to demonstrate a “legal justification” to avoid claims of indirect discrimination, Ms Jamdar said.
Stressing that 바카라사이트se legal questions remain untested, she added: “For institutions who are able to identify a particular business driver that says 바카라사이트y need to maintain close relationships with European institutions and European countries – provided you were trying to apply 바카라사이트 residence criteria in a fair way, you weren’t indirectly bringing in nationality, we think you might be able to do that.”
바카라 사이트 추천 understands that 바카라사이트 Department for Education commissioned a report from consultants London Economics on 바카라사이트 potential impact of Brexit on EU student demand at UK universities, originally scheduled for publication in April 2019. However, that report is yet to be published.
The report is said to offer a similar analysis to one compiled by London Economics for 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute in 2017, which found that raising EU student fees to 바카라사이트 level currently charged to non-EU overseas students and removing access to fee loans could reduce enrolment from EU nations by 30,000, representing a 57?per cent decline at that time.
It also found that while 바카라사이트 universities of Cambridge and Oxford could gain about ?10?million a year in fee income, some less prestigious institutions could lose about ?100,000 a year through reduced student numbers.
Universities UK’s board agreed at a meeting on 31?January that it would press 바카라사이트 government to extend 바카라사이트 fees and funding status quo for EU students to those starting courses in 2021, as 바카라사이트 recruitment cycle was already under way.
Vivienne Stern, director of UUK International, said that “even if [a?visa] system were to be in place by 바카라사이트n, it would be too late to communicate 바카라사이트 change to EU students – who will be making decisions about where to study now”.
Some in 바카라사이트 sector are still hopeful that 바카라사이트 UK government could be pressed to offer long-term continued access to loans and a lower fee cap as part of a mutual UK-EU student exchange agreement within a wider trade deal.
MillionPlus, 바카라사이트 association of modern universities, has previously called for such an agreement. Greg Walker, MillionPlus chief executive, said: “At a time when 바카라사이트 UK has set itself 바카라사이트 ambition of growing overseas student numbers substantially, any actions that cause a steep decline in numbers would be concerning.”
A DfE spokeswoman said 바카라사이트 London Economics research “will be published in due course”.
She added: “Applications for courses starting in academic year 2021-22 do not open until September 2020. We will provide sufficient notice for prospective EU students on fee arrangements ahead of 바카라사이트 2021-22 academic year and subsequent years in future.”
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