HE fee assessment in England

This three-part training course offers UKCISA members an introduction to the regulations that determine who should be charged ‘home’ fees and who can be charged ‘overseas fees’ for higher education in England.   

We will cover key concepts of fee assessment and explore the ‘home’ student fee categories that assessors come across most frequently. The course is highly participative, and between sessions, delegates will be required to do extra reading in preparation for the next session.   

This course will help you to: 

• Understand the key terms and concepts that arise in fee status assessment work. 
• Identify requirements for the most commonly-used categories of ‘home’ fee-paying students. 
• Discover resources to help you in your day-to-day work, and keep up to date. 

This course will be delivered in three parts. Delegates must attend all three sessions:  

• Session 1: Thursday 27 November 2.00pm – 4.00pm
• Session 2: Friday 28 November 10.00am – 12.00pm
• Session 3: Friday 28 November 2.30pm – 4.30pm

In advance of the training, delegates will be asked to download various written materials from the UKCISA website. These will be used for reference throughout the course. 

This course will touch briefly on the question of what counts as ‘ordinary residence’. However, we know that some members would like to talk about that topic in more detail than this course allows, so we also run a separate workshop ‘Spotlight on ‘ordinary residence’ in fee assessments’. Members who would like to explore that particular topic in greater depth should book for that workshop separately.  . 

Who should attend?  

This course is for staff who are fee assessors. We welcome those who are new to the role of assessing fee status.  

We also welcome those who are familiar with fee assessment and would like an overview to refresh their knowledge. If you are looking for training specifically on the question of what counts as ‘ordinary residence’ in a particular place, take a look at our new workshop ‘Spotlight on ‘ordinary residence’ in fee assessment’. 

Suitable for: Fee assessors  

Minimum experience level: No prior experience required  

Trainers

1. Kate Handforth

   Kate is an Advice & Training Officer. The Advice & Training team specialise in student-related immigration law, fee status and student support legislation, as well as other areas affecting international students such as welfare, hardship, and studying and living in the UK. They provide IAA-compliant advice to members and international students and deliver informative, engaging training to members. Their analysis of UK legislation enables UKCISA to identify issues in law and government materials for lobbying or clarification.

2. Andrew Humphrey

   Andrew is a freelance adviser at UKCISA. He works with the Advice & Training team to provide OISC-compliant advice to members, international students, and the public on international student affairs, and deliver informative, engaging training to members. Outside of this, he works independently with universities on one-off or temporary projects, regularly co-hosts events with careers services, and consults on fee status assessment.