Fri, 15 Jan 2021
Manx students will pay home fees to attend all English universities and colleges from 2021 after clarification was received from the UK Government.
While the vast majority of universities currently charge Island students the same as those from the UK, an anomaly has meant some have charged international fees that may add tens of thousands of pounds to the cost of a university place.
An increasing number of higher education institutions in England had indicated to the Isle of Man Government that they were planning to adopt this approach in the near future.
In light of this the Chief Ministers of the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey requested the UK Government undertook a review of this position, as part of legislative work in the run up to the end of the Brexit transition period.
This week, the UK’s Secretary of State for Education confirmed that students from the Crown Dependencies will be treated the same as UK students with regard to home fee status [at English universities] in the next academic year.