aorourke

This is a question for the Scot's. We have 3 kids and are looking to see if anyone has sent their kids back to Scotland for College or university. How long do they have to be in the country to take advantage of the free tuition and if there are other stipulations. All kids have their british passport. 2 kids were born in Scotland.
I have lots of family that can help with accommodation if they need to work there for a year before hand. My daughter is desperate to get back even though she isn't quite 12yrs old. My kids are really close to our family so i don't have any problems with them being taken care of.
Is this feasible at all and if so would you know where i could go for some advice.

Partially discharged

A friend of mine who has lived here in Canada for over 20 years has done this with his canadian born daughter. She has never lived in Scotland but has a grandmother and I think an aunt or uncle/cousins etc there. She has a medical condition that requires a lot of treatment (can't remember the details) but somehow the NHS is going to take it on and I gather at no extra cost. My friend or his wife haven't lived in Scotland since the 1990's. It is a known condition the daughter has and the NHS will cover it. Crazy if you ask me.

Not sure how the tuition costs are to be handled but I don't think he is trying to have her listed with a Scottish address and there is nothing showing she went to school in Scotland so she is an international student I believe.

Oink

Why wouldn’t they go to university in Canada? Surely it’d be more practical?

Stinkypup

I thought that too- why would you? Never did me any good..I went to St Andrews

Former Lancastrian

It makes sense where one of the reasons identified is FREE tuition if applicable.
We are talking Scotland and money here people

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bats

if you'd played your cards right you could have married a prince

Oink

Did you do poorly in your A levels?

Stinkypup

I tried sitting on his lap in a bar in North Street (imaginative names they use in St Andrews) but then 2 suits forced me off him and threw me out of the bar

How rude! I studied Dentistry in Liverpool....it was always a challenge to train in dentistry there, competing with my peers for the seven people who still had their own teeth.

scot47

3 years residence in Scotland to qualify for free tuition.

Oink

Plus, wouldn't they need British qualifications to be admitted?

Jerseygirl

My daughter’s American friend went to St Andrews. He was a bit of a dunce at school but got a place anyway....maybe it was the international fees that swayed it. Dropped out after a year.

Oink

That's different. International students are known as the cash cows of HE so they'll let almost anyone in if they're willing to pay. For domestic students, especially in a rationed system, the entry requirements are going to be much more stringent.

Jerseygirl

My reply was in answer to your question about qualifications.

The OP’s children could well be classed as international student...therefore top notch fees.

Edit. I suggest the OP reposts in the MBTTUK forum. I have a feeling that someone sent their child to Scotland for uni a while ago and didn’t have to pay international fees.

Siouxie

I'd also ensure the kids have their Canadian Citizenship before they return to the UK / Scotland, if they haven't already. It would be awful if they didn't meet the residency requirements for PR and couldn't return.

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