University goers face different student finance pressures across UK

Thu, 24 Nov 2011

University goers are likely to encounter different student finance pressures depending on which country in the UK they live in.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England, which was set up in 1992, has suggested such variations could result in fee refugees who move their families from England to Scotland or Wales in an attempt to dodge high tuition payments, Times Higher Education reports.

In an official risk assessment of the different funding systems across the UK - such as student loans - the organisation found that from next year, undergraduates from England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland are likely to encounter different tuition cost arrangements.

The report stated there is an issue of "affordability of reforms for each country and the extent to which this creates a risk in subsequent years that increasing loan or fee grant costs will impact on future funding".

While English students might face fees of up to £9,000 a year regardless of where they head in the UK, Scottish people studying in their own country will carry on paying nothing and those from Wales will be required to pay a fixed sum of £3,465.
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