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15. Eligibility for funding by the Higher Education Funding Council for England
To be eligible for funding and paying home fees, students must be 'settled' in the UK on the 'first day of the first academic year of the course'. 'Settled' means being both ordinarily resident in the UK and without any immigration restrictions on the length of their stay in the UK. To be 'settled' students must either have the Right of Abode or Indefinite Leave to Enter or Remain in the UK or have the right of permanent residence in the UK under EC law. British citizen have the ‘Right of Abode’.
In addition, students must have been ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK for the three years before the first day of the first academic year of the course, or, if a student is a national of a European Union (EU) country, they must have been ordinarily resident in the European Economic Area (EEA) and/or Switzerland for the three years before the first day of the first academic year of the course. Students are considered to be 'ordinarily resident' in the relevant area if they have habitually, normally and lawfully resided in that area from choice. Temporary absences from the residence area should be ignored.
Other students, including those resident in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, are required to pay international fees.
The above is a summary of the funding regulations applicable to the majority of students. Students are advised to refer to www.direct.gov.uk for the full regulations or seek clarification by sending full details of their position, together with supporting documentation, to University of Essex Online, WestOne, 114 Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 1 BA.
