Eligible for free Scottish university fees?
Let me start by saying I am half-french and half-english and have lived all my life in England. My Mum is French and my Dad is English. I was discussing the availability of universities with my parents earlier when the scottish university fees cropped up. I told my mother that any UK non-Scottish students would have to pay 9k per year however non-EU non-UK students would pay nothing. I forgot I was half french for a second, and my mother asked the queston 'so being half-french are you eligible for non-UK scottish fees?'
Having never thought of this before I was puzzled. I told her it was something I would look into but I am not much nearer in finding a clear answer. I was wondering if anybody could answer my question? Some may say its cheeky and a bit of a fraud, you might be right but im not asking for the ethical/moral implications.
'You may be eligible for your tuition fees to be covered by the Scottish Government, if you are:
* an EU national from a non-UK EU country'
An EU national is somebody who simply has a passport or nationality from that country I think? However I am not sure and please could somebody answer this puzzling question.
Thanks in advance
Having never thought of this before I was puzzled. I told her it was something I would look into but I am not much nearer in finding a clear answer. I was wondering if anybody could answer my question? Some may say its cheeky and a bit of a fraud, you might be right but im not asking for the ethical/moral implications.
'You may be eligible for your tuition fees to be covered by the Scottish Government, if you are:
* an EU national from a non-UK EU country'
An EU national is somebody who simply has a passport or nationality from that country I think? However I am not sure and please could somebody answer this puzzling question.
Thanks in advance
No. It's based on where you live.
I think your fees are defined by where you have been normally resident for the past 3 years...
Ok, thanks. Was just curious to find out
Nope, because you have to have been living in Scotland or an (non-UK) EU country for at least three years prior to starting your course. It doesn't matter if you're French, Scottish, English or German... you've been living in England all your life.
The Almighty SAAS
Criteria
• You are an EU national, or the family member of an
EU national; and
• You have been ordinarily resident in a member state of the
EU or elsewhere in the EEA and Switzerland for the three
years immediately before the first day of the first academic
year of your course; and
• You are undertaking a course of full time study in Scotland
and plan to graduate in Scotland.
Criteria
• You are an EU national, or the family member of an
EU national; and
• You have been ordinarily resident in a member state of the
EU or elsewhere in the EEA and Switzerland for the three
years immediately before the first day of the first academic
year of your course; and
• You are undertaking a course of full time study in Scotland
and plan to graduate in Scotland.
(edited 12 years ago)
Original post by northerntom
Original post by northerntom
Ok, thanks. Was just curious to find out
Pretend to live in France, that will work.
Think they might rat me out when they find out I can't speak much French 
This information may be too late for you but will be useful for others. First of all, it's no one's business how to choose to legitimately minimise the cost of education that should be free in the first place. The world will be better of with free education.
Back to main point, you've been misinformI'm going out todayed about the nonsense posted above.
I'm a family member of an eu national, we lived in London for years excising treaty right before deciding to apply to university in Scotland. I have never lived in Scotland before then, and I'm on 1820£ same as Scottish student I believe.
Always enquire with the authorities e.g university finance department etc
Best wishes to future applicant.
Back to main point, you've been misinformI'm going out todayed about the nonsense posted above.
I'm a family member of an eu national, we lived in London for years excising treaty right before deciding to apply to university in Scotland. I have never lived in Scotland before then, and I'm on 1820£ same as Scottish student I believe.
Always enquire with the authorities e.g university finance department etc
Best wishes to future applicant.
Original post by bluecole
This information may be too late for you but will be useful for others. First of all, it's no one's business how to choose to legitimately minimise the cost of education that should be free in the first place. The world will be better of with free education.
Back to main point, you've been misinformI'm going out todayed about the nonsense posted above.
I'm a family member of an eu national, we lived in London for years excising treaty right before deciding to apply to university in Scotland. I have never lived in Scotland before then, and I'm on 1820£ same as Scottish student I believe.
Always enquire with the authorities e.g university finance department etc
Best wishes to future applicant.
Back to main point, you've been misinformI'm going out todayed about the nonsense posted above.
I'm a family member of an eu national, we lived in London for years excising treaty right before deciding to apply to university in Scotland. I have never lived in Scotland before then, and I'm on 1820£ same as Scottish student I believe.
Always enquire with the authorities e.g university finance department etc
Best wishes to future applicant.
No Scottish students pay £0
feck the Scots and their 'free' uni places, I'm half Scot so is my daughter but somehow a Romanian gets funded but we don't, this is b*llocks, Sturgeon/Salmond Soviet Socialism......and still Scotland is the most funded part of the UK, it's all nuts
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