HE fee assessment in Scotland

When

Date

12 February 2025
Time

14:00 - 16:30

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 Scotland.

We will cover key terms and concepts of fee assessment, explore the ‘home’ student fee categories that assessors encounter most frequently, and look at Scotland’s specific approach to considerations around ordinary residence. This 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 some of the most commonly-used categories of ‘home’ fee-paying students.
Understand Scotland’s approach to considerations around ordinary residence.
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: Wednesday 12 February 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Session 2: Thursday 13 February 10.00am – 12.00pm
Session 3: Thursday 13 February 2.30pm – 4.30pm

In advance of the training, delegates should visit our Scotland fee status webpage, to familiarise themselves with key concepts. We will refer to this, and delegates will use this, throughout the course.

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 and those who are familiar with fee assessment and would like a refresher course.

Suitable for: fee assessors

Minimum experience level: no prior experience required

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

Previous attendee: 'Excellent sessions presented in a clear & concise manner. A lot of information to take on board but good points of reference to retain from the presentation & advice on where to go for extra support if required. Thank you.'

Trainers

Christopher Benjamin

Chris 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.

Robert Young

Robert 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.