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1. 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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2. Please provide any relevant comments you may have in regards to your answer at question one.

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Although none of the above include a clause for Children of a Scottish parent who has worked abroad for a number of years but the child has not lived in Scotland, the clear connection is there as one of the parents is Scottish yet the child is stopped from choosing to come back to study as they are considered as an International student, they are being discriminated against due to the parents work commitments. How can an immigrant settle in the country for only 3 years be awarded the chance to study yet a Scottish national cannot???

3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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?

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7. Do you think eligibility should be extended to the dependents (child, spouse or civil partner) of those with student visas?

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8. 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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9. 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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11. 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?

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To give a fair chance to people who have settled in the country to have opportunities they could not afford is good. A condition for said funding should be that they agree to stay and work in Scotland for 5 years after graduating to be eligible for funding.

However do not make rules which stop the children of British passport holders who work abroad from returning to their homeland to study and have the opportunity to be near their family. I am in that case as I cannot afford to send my child to study in my homeland, which she wanted to have the opportunity to do as she will be charged International Fees...… why not charge them RUK fees instead as they have a definite connection to Scotland and the passport. How can you deny a British passport holders rights to get funding to study in their own country.

It is not only immigrants who are affected by the rules.

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