UK: Most EU students would not pay international fees – survey
A survey of more than 2,500 EU students interested in studying in the UK at bachelor’s or master’s level has suggested that as many as 84% could be put off due to the loss of home fee status.
Fee changes will come into place from 2021 onwards in England, with the status of EU students elsewhere in the UK yet to be confirmed.
Two-thirds of respondents said that even a 10% increase in tuition fees would make them ‘less likely to’, ‘much less likely to’ or ‘definitely not’ study in the UK, while a tuition increase of 100% would see 84% definitely not study in the UK and have no impact on only 0.8% of study plans …