HE fee assessment in Northern Ireland

When

  • Date
    04 February 2025
  • Time
    14:00 - 16:00

Prices

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Where

Zoom

This three-part training course offers UKCISA members 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.     

We will cover key concepts of fee assessment and explore the ‘home’ student fee categories that assessors come across most frequently. The course is highly participative, and between sessions, delegates will be required to do extra reading in preparation for the next session.    

This course will help you to: 

  • Understand the key terms and concepts that arise in fee status assessment work. 
  • Identify requirements for the most commonly-used categories of ‘home’ fee-paying students. 
  • Discover resources to help you in your day-to-day work, and keep up to date. 

The course will be delivered in three parts. Delegates must attend all three sessions:  

  • Session 1: Tuesday 4 February 2.00pm – 4.00pm  
  • Session 2: Thursday 6 February 10.00am – 12.00pm  
  • Session 3: Thursday 6 February 2.30pm – 4.30pm  

In advance of the training, delegates will be asked to download various written materials from the UKCISA website. These will be used for reference throughout the course. 

This course will touch briefly on the question of what counts as ‘ordinary residence’. However, we know that some members would like to talk about that topic in more detail than this course allows, so in 2024-25 we will also be running a separate workshop ‘Spotlight on ordinary residence’ in fee assessments’, for any members who would like to explore that particular topic in greater depth. 

Who should attend?  

This course is for staff who are fee assessors. We welcome those who are new to the role of assessing fee status.  

We also welcome those who are familiar with fee assessment and would like an overview to refresh their knowledge. If you are looking for training specifically on the question of what counts as ‘ordinary residence’ in a particular place, take a look at our new 2024-25 workshop ‘Spotlight on ‘ordinary residence’ in fee assessment’. 

Suitable for: Fee assessors 

Minimum experience level: No prior experience required 

The full list of courses we currently offer can be found here.

Trainers

Kate Handforth

Kate is an Advice & Training Officer. The Advice & Training team specialise in student-related immigration law, fee status and student support legislation, as well as other areas affecting international students such as welfare, hardship, and studying and living in the UK. They provide OISC-compliant advice to members and international students and deliver informative, engaging training to members. Their analysis of UK legislation enables UKCISA to identify issues in law and government materials for lobbying or clarification.

Tema Nwulu

Tema is an Advice & Training Officer. The Advice & Training team specialise in student-related immigration law, fee status and student support legislation, as well as other areas affecting international students such as welfare, hardship, and studying and living in the UK. They provide OISC-compliant advice to members and international students and deliver informative, engaging training to members. Their analysis of UK legislation enables UKCISA to identify issues in law and government materials for lobbying or clarification.

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