Further and Higher Education financial support - changes to residency criteria: consultation

Consultation Questions

40. The consultation questions are:

Question One: Do you agree with the overarching policy aim that students need to be able to demonstrate a connection to Scotland in order to obtain financial support from the Scottish Government for their studies?

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Question Two: Please provide any relevant comments you may have in regard to your answer at question one.

Question Three: Do you agree that the length of a person's residence in the UK (together with a requirement to be ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date) is an appropriate way of assessing whether a person has a sufficient connection with Scotland to qualify for the financial support package in Further / Higher Education?

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Question Four: Do you agree that 3 years' residence in the UK is a suitable minimum residence requirement for setting eligibility for student support in Scotland?

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Question Five: Do you agree that residence based on any form of leave to enter or remain from the Home Office in the UK should entitle a person to student support in Scotland, provided they otherwise meet the residence requirements?

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Question Six: Do you agree that individuals who are here specifically for education purposes and are on a student visa, should remain ineligible for the financial support package from Scottish Government.

Yes
No
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Question Seven: Do you think eligibility should be extended to the dependents (child, spouse or civil partner) of those with student visas?

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Question Eight: Should financial support beyond support already given through discretionary funds be extended to students who are currently ordinarily resident in Scotland and have sought asylum from the UK Home Office, but whose application is still pending?

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Question Nine Do you think eligibility for student financial support should be fixed according to an assessment at the start of their course (i.e., with reference to the relevant date)?

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Question Ten: Do you have any comments on the sort of 'events or changes in circumstances that should trigger reassessment of a student's eligibility after the first academic year of their course?

Question Eleven: Do you have any other comments on the current policy of carrying out an assessment of eligibility on the relevant date, or the proposals to change it?