Impact assessment

Higher education student finance, 2017 to 2018: equality analysis

Analysis of how changes made to maximum fees and student support for the 2017 to 2018 academic year will affect specific protected groups.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 15 December 2016
• Last updated: 10 February 2017 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Equality Analysis: Higher education student finance for the 2017 to 2018 academic year

Ref: DFE-00343-2016

PDF, 349 KB, 26 pages

Supplementary equality analysis: higher education student finance for the 2017 to 2018 academic year

Ref: DFE-00053-2017

PDF, 186 KB, 7 pages

Details

An assessment of the effect that changes made to higher education student finance will have on groups with relevant protected characteristics.

The changes include:

• an increase in tuition fees for providers offering high-quality teaching
• proportionate increases in tuition fee loans
• increases in living costs support
• Department of Health removal of NHS bursaries and replacement with loans
• other amendments to the student financial 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

Published 15 December 2016
Last updated 10 February 2017 + show all updates

1. 10 February 2017

   Added supplementary equality analysis document.

2. 15 December 2016

   First published.