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<p>We have agreed with the EU that current EU principles of equal treatment will continue
to apply for those covered by the citizens’ rights provisions in the EU Withdrawal
Agreement and the EEA EFTA Separation Agreement. This means that EU nationals resident
in the UK (and UK nationals resident in the EU), before the end of the transition
period on 31 December 2020, will be eligible for support on a similar basis to domestic
students in the relevant host state.</p><p>EU and other EEA nationals not in the scope
of the citizens’ rights protections will not be eligible for home fee status, undergraduate,
postgraduate and advanced learner financial support from Student Finance England for
courses starting in the academic year 2021/22. This change will also apply to further
education funding for those aged 19 and above. It will not affect students starting
courses in the academic year 2020/21. This will not apply to students from Ireland
whose right to study and to access benefits and services will be preserved on a reciprocal
basis under the Common Travel Area arrangement.</p><p>From August 2021, EU and other
EEA citizens, and their family members, as well as non-EEA citizens, will be eligible
for apprenticeship funding in England if they have permission to live and work in
the UK and meet the residency eligibility criteria in place at the time, which will
be set out in the funding rules for the academic year 2021/22.</p><p>EEA students,
staff and researchers make an important contribution to our universities. The government
wants that contribution to continue and is confident – given the world-leading quality
of our higher education sector – that it will.</p>
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