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.
Applies to England
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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 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
Updates to this page
Published 15 December 2016Last updated 10 February 2017 + show all updates
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Added supplementary equality analysis document.
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First published.