This course offers an introduction to the regulations that determine who should be charged ‘home’ fees and who can be charged ‘overseas’ fees for higher education in Northern Ireland. It is aimed at fee assessors.
We will not cover every category of eligible student, but will concentrate instead on the categories of eligible student that a fee assessor is likely to come across most frequently.
The course consists of four webinars - the first three are each three hours long, the final one is one hour long. You will need to attend all four. Part 1 covers key concepts. Part 2 and Part 3 explore the following categories, which are the ones you are likely to come across most frequently:
- 3 years in UK and Islands, settled in UK
- UK national or Irish citizen
- Family member of a UK national
- Long residence
- 3 years in UK and Islands, EUSS settled status connection
- Irish worker and family
- Brexit protected rights: EU national and family
- Brexit temporary offer for courses starting before 2028: UK nationals and family with residence in Europe or overseas territories
Each of the categories will be briefly summarised, and you will have the chance to work on case studies to test your knowledge. Part 4 signposts briefly the categories that cater for people with various types of special status in the UK (for example, refugees). The course is highly participative, and between the sessions, delegates will be asked to do some pre-reading about the categories from our published guidance. This ensures you have some familiarity, so we can focus on knowledge testing, questions and interaction in the webinars.
The course takes place over Zoom. It is essential that at the same time as attending the Zoom sessions, you also have access to a copy of UKCISA’s pdf guide ‘Who pays ‘home’ fees for higher education in Northern Ireland?’ The easiest way to do this is to print a copy out in advance (but alternatively you could look at it on a separate tablet or laptop). You can download it from the UKCISA website.
Date and times of the 4 sessions (you must attend all 4):
Part 1 Thursday 10 February 2022, 10am-12pm
Part 2 Thursday 10 February 2022, 2.30pm-4.30pm
Part 3 Friday 11 February 2022, 11am-1pm
Part 4 Friday 11 February 2022, 2.30pm-3.30pm
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