At the 23rd
of June 2015 United Kingdom decided to leave European Union, making it the
biggest event in the history only after the Second World War, and yes it was
even bigger than entering. There has been a lot of discussion about the effect
of Brexit to the economy, health and in some cases education, but like many I
have a question. Has anyone thought about the generations to come? This enquiry
comes since not many political leaders and their party members have tried to
give any fundamental answers.
To begin with
the good news, it was announced that tuition fees won’t change for EU students
commencing studies the academic year 2017/2018 and for Scotland until 2018/2019.
Bad news is that there are no guarantees for next years and most probably EU
students will be called to pay the standard international fee so maybe start
thinking of saving up.
Concerns arose
about the possibility that EU students will need a visa to study in UK and it
has not been clear yet, but as it seems they will have to apply for short-term
study visa or Tier 4 study visa since the government decided to abandon the
Free Movement of People. This won’t come into effect if the administration can
reach an agreement with their European counterparts on that matter but this looks
really unlikely to happen as talks will be delayed for a period of time because negotiators can’t agree on the citizen’s rights.
For UK
youngsters the same terms will be applied as well when studying or working in
EU even though 73% of 18-24 years old and 62% of 25-34 years old voted to
remain.
Do you think is
possible to have a Free Movement of People only for students?
Brexit Referendum
