UK Parliament: 500 Bermuda Students In UK
According to a recent discussion in the UK Parliament, there were some 2,130 students from the British Overseas Territories studying in the UK in 2018/19, with 500 from Bermuda.
Conservative MP Scott Benton asked what estimate the Minister has of university students from British Overseas Territories studying in the UK and “what assessment he has made of the potential merits to the [a] UK and [b] British Overseas Territories [BOTs] of increasing the number of students from BOTs studying at UK universities.”
In reply, Minister of State for Universities Michelle Donelan said, “The government fully recognises the important contribution that international students make to the UK’s higher education sector, including those from the British Overseas Territories, both economically and culturally.
“We have set out our ambition to increase the number of international higher education students hosted in the UK to 600,000 per year by 2030, within the International Education Strategy.
“The Higher Education Statistics Agency [HESA] publishes statistics on students studying at UK Higher Education Institutions [HEIs] by domicile. The latest available data is from 2018/19, published in January 2020.
“In 2018/19, HESA estimated there to be 2,130 British Overseas Territory domiciled students enrolled at UK HEIs at all levels of study. The table below shows the breakdown by domicile.”
Chart via the UK Parliament website:
| Domicile[1][2] | 2018/19 |
| Anguilla | 55 |
| Bermuda | 500 |
| British Virgin Islands | 180 |
| Cayman Islands | 315 |
| Falkland Islands | 50 |
| Gibraltar | 900 |
| Montserrat | 15 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 0 |
| South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | 0 |
| St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 25 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 95 |
| British Overseas Territories Total | 2,130 |
- [1] Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5, so components may not sum to totals.
- [2] Domicile refers to country of student’s permanent address prior to entry.
Minister Donelan added, “British and EU nationals residing in British Overseas Territories or in other Member States’ overseas territories are currently eligible for Home Fee Status if they are studying at either undergraduate or postgraduate level at English HEIs and have been living in the European Economic Area, Switzerland or the overseas territories for the three years prior to the first day of the first academic year of the course.
“They will remain eligible for home fee status for the duration of courses starting in the 2020/21 academic year or before. We will provide sufficient notice for prospective students on fee arrangements ahead of the 2021/22 academic year and subsequent years in future.
“The Department for Education [DfE] funds Commonwealth scholarships for five or six PhD scholarships from non-ODA Commonwealth countries. DfE funding for the Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships means there will be 150 new scholarships awarded by 2025, all of which are open to British citizens from overseas territories.”
and the PLP want Independance!
Never gonna happen…LMAO.
3 things that are correct you can’t spell…. the PLP will never get independence and the UBPoba will never win with Jet Gate Craig.
Those of African Descent should get grants for 400 Years of FREE labour!
Georgtown University have started.
“Those of African Descent ”
IE: The entire population of planet earth.
“We will provide sufficient notice for prospective students on fee arrangements ahead of the 2021/22 academic year and subsequent years in future.”
Sounds like the new government in the UK is getting tired of subsidizing University fees for overseas students. Start planning for those tuition fees to more than double.
That sucks if that’s the case. If we are considered British, then we should continue to have the same rights as those living in the UK.
The Three R’s . Reading , Writing , and Re-location .This would help to address our gang problem by offering these young men a chance at a different type of life outside of Bermuda .It won’t work in all cases but it could make a difference in some peoples lives . We can’t lose , we are already spending $82,000 per year to keep them in jail . Just maybe a different approach could both save lives and money . Yes , this is something new and as we do in Bermuda , IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR US TO ACCEPT A NEW IDEA . Unless of cause if it first comes from a foreigner .