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Britain is to offer EU students cheaper fees costing £450m a year if it can join an EU industrial scheme

Britain would bear the £450m annual cost of the fee-equalisation plan itself, officials say, with no contribution expected from the EU.
Britain would bear the £450m annual cost of the fee-equalisation plan itself, officials say, with no contribution expected from the EU.

The offer is contingent on Britain gaining entry to the EU's Made in Europe industrial programme, officials say, and would see students from the bloc pay the same fees as domestic UK students. The deal is expected to be proposed at an upcoming UK-EU 'reset' summit, with the £450m annual cost borne by the British government.

The Made in Europe scheme is an EU industrial partnership — UK access to it is the condition the offer hinges on.

The fee-equalisation plan marks a significant concession on student mobility, a sensitive issue since Brexit closed EU nationals' access to home-rate tuition.

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