Blog 3 - UK students head for Europe

UK students escape the fees nightmare and head for Europe

Recent surveys, carried out by Prospects, have proven that over 70% of the British students who head for university next year, consider studying outside the UK whereas only 4% of those upcoming students rule out studying abroad. This has to do with the introduction of way higher tuition fees, starting this autumn. Although students lose their entitlement to a student loan, they receive a loan in the country they will study in. The biggest stumbling block will be homesickness and money problems but according to Davies heading home a couple of times a year is still much cheaper than studying at an English university.

I think that studying abroad is a very reasonable alternative, especially if your parents aren’t millionaires. Seeing how most universities in Europe are either a couple of thousand euros cheaper than English ones, or totally free, studying abroad really improves your financial situation. Another interesting fact is that, for example, Dutch universities are part of the top 10 universities in Europe, thus including England, it would be slightly dumb to study at a university that has less quality and is about ten times as expensive.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jun/13/students-head-for-european-universities