University education in the UK
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University education in the UK
I have posted a few times here recently regarding a possible move back to the UK despite me not really wanting to do it as I love the US. However, its not my life anymore, its all about my kids so if it's best for my kids then I will move back to Leeds or Lytham St.Annes. My twins are 10 so I still have considerable time to find out whether doing this is the right thing and of course, time for things to change in either direction in UK education( I hear the Government is trying to make students pay more for their education which I think is fair) From the little research I have done, if we stayed here and they went to a UK university to do a three year degree as a foreign student, it would still be cheaper than doing a four year degree over here for obvious reasons. However, I was wondering if anyone can confirm the residency requirement of 3 years before being eligible to apply for tuition assistance from the government. At the end of the day, whether we move over there or not, I think UK degrees are far superior to their American equivalent, so either way I want my kids to go to the UK to get one.
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Re: University education in the UK
I have posted a few times here recently regarding a possible move back to the UK despite me not really wanting to do it as I love the US. However, its not my life anymore, its all about my kids so if it's best for my kids then I will move back to Leeds or Lytham St.Annes. My twins are 10 so I still have considerable time to find out whether doing this is the right thing and of course, time for things to change in either direction in UK education( I hear the Government is trying to make students pay more for their education which I think is fair) From the little research I have done, if we stayed here and they went to a UK university to do a three year degree as a foreign student, it would still be cheaper than doing a four year degree over here for obvious reasons. However, I was wondering if anyone can confirm the residency requirement of 3 years before being eligible to apply for tuition assistance from the government. At the end of the day, whether we move over there or not, I think UK degrees are far superior to their American equivalent, so either way I want my kids to go to the UK to get one.
There have been a few threads on this, and I started one recently about what I saw as a special case student - fortunately, I managed to get home fee status for her eventually. If you do an Advanced Search for the term "home fees" in MBTTUK, it should pull it up.
[edit: Here it is - http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...ight=home+fee]
Last edited by dunroving; Sep 17th 2010 at 9:17 am. Reason: Found the old thread