Norway tells students to avoid UK universities

I applied for deferred entry, hence the uncertainty.
But that's irrelevant. I applied to Melbourne as well and obviously will get no funding and that's okay because I have funding from my own country to finance my studies (yes, in Sweden you get paid to study abroad). I'm leaving because I don't want to personally experience the economic aftermath of Brexit and I'd rather contribute to a country where I feel welcome, which is the same reason my dentist friend is leaving.

There is too much appeal for foreign students to study in the UK. I doubt Brexit will have too much impact.

I think the only silly thing is believing that ranking of a university is that important.

I think telling the European Union that we don't like their company isn't the best message to the citizens of those countries about how welcoming we'll be to them in our universities.

Why does the UK attract large numbers of international students in the first place? It's the quality of the universities, not membership of the EU.

It's a completely empty threat from Norway, but if Norwegians don't want to come here then that's fine too.

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It's in the EEA and its citizens qualify for SFE student loans same as EU citizens.

In a no deal Brexit they may not...

Norwegians actually have to pay international tuition fees, we are not considered EU students just because we're in the EEA. Also, we can afford the international fees. That's not the issue here.

Norwegians actually have to pay international tuition fees, we are not considered EU students just because we're in the EEA. Also, we can afford the international fees. That's not the issue here.

Surely the first of many such announcements to come across the world. The Norwegian government is advising its students not to apply to UK universities because of Brexit.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/04/norway-students-uk-universities-brexit-warning

Postgrad applications from the EU are down 9% this year. This represents a major blow to UK university funding and cuts are now pretty much inevitable - it is also extremely likely that some universities in severe debt will go bust.

Another success for the Brexiteers.

That's not what, for example, Westminster says.
https://www.westminster.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/funding/eu-eea-and-swiss-students

UK, EU and EEA students are treated as Home for fees purposes.

I'm sure these universities will continue to attract students from abroad, maybe some new funding arrangements need to be put into place. Why does the UK attract large numbers of international students in the first place? It's the quality of the universities, not membership of the EU.

It's a completely empty threat from Norway, but if Norwegians don't want to come here then that's fine too.

It seems to change across inst., at Ox Norwegians don't - http://www.ox.ac.uk/students/fees-funding/fees/status

"Generally speaking, if you are a UK or EU national and you have lived all of your life in the EEA or Switzerland, you will pay fees at either the Home/EU (standard) or Home/EU (ELQ) fee rate."

Westminster and every other uni say the same thing, unfortunately. Norwegians aren't EU nationals, so we can't get a Home/EU fee status even though we live in the EEA.

That's not correct.

"You can qualify if you are an EU national and have been resident in the either the UK, EEA, Switzerland or overseas territories for the three consecutive years, or more, immediately before the first day of the first academic year of your course.
If you are a national of Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein or Switzerland, you may also be eligible for the home rate of tuition fee if you:
- have been resident in the EEA or Switzerland or overseas territories for at least the three consecutive years immediately before the first day of the first academic year of your course and,
- are a resident in the UK and working in the UK (as a migrant worker) by this date and,
- you continue to work in the UK during your course."

If I were a migrant worker and lived in the UK for several years before going to uni I could have qualified, but most overseas students like me move straight from our country to the UK to study, so we're still considered international students for fee purposes.

I stand (... sit ...) corrected. I'll amend my prior comments accordingly.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Every day is a school day

Edit: This probably also explains why the number of Norwegian undergrad full-time students in the UK is actually pretty low.

Perhaps they've woken up to the real state of UK universties.
An indicator of how desperate universities are to keep this gravy train rolling is in 2012 they made about 2,500 unconditional offers.
Last year they made over 60,000.
It's a house of cards they will do anything to prop up.
51% of students get to uni with 3x D's at A level.
Leeds Met ran over 90 courses where you could get in with 2 E"s at A level

only the mickey mouse degrees lol - degrees are becoming a rite of passage not an informed decision, we dont need textiles and theatre art degrees....

Norway isn’t even in the EU itself 😂😂😂😂😂

This may be a bigger problem than just Norway, a no deal Brexit may affect UK Erasmus students too:

Student exchanges in no-deal Brexit threat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-47131426


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