UK willing to spend £450m a year on EU students if it can join Made in Europe scheme
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Key context: <p>Exclusive: Plan to allow students from bloc pay same fees as Britons contingent on entry to industrial programme, officials say</p><p>Ministers are prepared to spend as much as £450m a year to give students from the EU discounted university fees, the Guardian has learned, but only if Brussels allows the UK access to its Made in Europe industrial programme.</p><p>The UK government has drawn up plans to allow students arriving from the continent pay the same fees as British students, sources say, and is willing to spend hundreds of millions of pounds compensating universities to do so.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/nov/01/uk-willing-to-spend-450m-a-year-on-eu-students-if-it-can-join-made-in-europe-scheme">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Exclusive: Plan to allow students from bloc pay same fees as Britons contingent on entry to industrial programme, officials sayMinisters are prepared to spend as much as £450m a year to give students from the EU discounted university fees, the Guardian has learned, but only if Brussels allows the UK access to its Made in Europe industrial programme.The UK government has drawn up plans to allow students arriving from the continent pay the same fees as British students, sources say, and is willing to spend hundreds of millions of pounds compensating universities to do so. Continue reading...
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