Universities UK President calls for urgent government action to address uncertainty among EU students / Brexit fears may see 15% of UK university staff leave, group warns

The President of Universities UK called on the 7 September 2016 on the UK government to take 'swift and positive action' to provide reassurance to EU students applying to study in 2017 in the United Kingdom that they will pay the same fees and have access to the same financial support arrangements for the duration of their courses.

Dame Julia Goodfellow said that urgent reassurance was necessary to 'prevent a likely sudden decline in EU student applications' across the UK. More than 125,000 EU students are currently studying at UK universities, making up 5% of the entire student population.

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