Impact assessment

Higher education student finance 2019 to 2020: equality analysis

Analysis of how changes made to maximum fees and student support for the 2019 to 2020 academic year will affect specific protected groups.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 3 July 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Equality analysis: higher education student finance for the 2019 to 2020 academic year

Ref: DFE-00343-2016

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Details

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

The maximum fees and fee loan amounts are unchanged for the 2019 to 2020 academic year.

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 3 July 2018