Moving Back to the UK - Education

[pamsapom]

After living in Oz for 10 very happy years the pull of Blighty and it's green pastures is just too much (plus parents getting older etc) so I am planning to return to the UK within the next 18 months. Could anybody help me with education issues - my daughter will be wanting to go to Uni there, but not sure what the situation will be regarding fees etc. More importantly my younger daughter will be wanting to attend a 6th form college as she'll be 16, she is the one I am more concerned about as I will be pulling her out at the end of year 10 - wanting to know how I get her accepted for a college as she won't have GCSE qualifications that the UK students will have. Thank you to anyone who has any information.

[Guest The Pom Queen]

Hi and welcome to the forum. I have changed the title of your thread and moved it in to the Moving Back to the UK section of the forum.

Hopefully someone will be along soon to help

[Chortlepuss]

Number of threads on this, but basically if you want domestic fees your child need to be in UK 3 years prior to start of university. You will pay overseas student fees if not - We have kids of a similar age. Youngest wants to do an expensive degree (medicine) and there's no way we can afford to pay UK fees, so it's an Australian Uni or a return prior and a 3 year break! I'm sure 6th forms will be fine if you are resident, but there will still need to be a 3 year residency - so a gap year. I am not sure where other European universities stand on the residency rule - there may be options e.g. in Holland, Germany - and I'm not sure whether student loans are available to 'non residents' - also there was a similar thread about bursaries - could be an option

Also best to contact intended university for details of their rules....