Question reference: S6W-08073
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 13 April 2022
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 14 April 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support Ukrainian nationals already studying or who wish to study at college or university in Scotland.
Answer
Ukrainians who arrive in Scotland and wish to undertake a course of study in Further or Higher Education will be entitled to home tuition fee status and living cost support for the duration of their studies.
The Scottish Government has also established a new £1 million International Students’ Emergency Fund, which will be open to all international students facing financial hardship as a result of a significant change of circumstances. Ukrainian students who are presently undertaking their course of study in Scotland will be eligible to apply.