Impact assessment
Higher education grants and loans 2020 to 2021: equality analysis
Analysis of how changes made to student support for the 2020 to 2021 academic year will affect specific protected groups.
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An assessment of the effect that changes made to higher education student finance will have on groups with relevant protected characteristics.
The changes for the 2020 to 2021 academic year include:
- increases in grants and loans for living and other costs for undergraduates
- increases in loans for students starting postgraduate master’s degree courses
- increases in loans for students starting postgraduate doctoral degree courses
- other amendments to the student finance support system
The relevant protected characteristics, identified in the Equality Act 2010, include:
- disability
- gender reassignment
- pregnancy and maternity
- race
- religion or belief
- sex and sexual orientation