Hobsons Study UK website offers free information and advice to students wanting to study in the UK
If you study as part of an exchange program organized by a university in your home country then you are likely to pay the same fees that you would have paid at home.
UKCOSA: The Council for International Education provides advice and information to international students studying in the UK and to staff who work with them. All UK universities and most colleges of further and higher education with international students are members of UKCOSA.
Full international tuition fees start from around £6,000 per year, home fees are from around £2,000 per year.
EU nationals pay "home" fees at UK universities others pay the "overseas" fee. The frequently asked questions at UKCOSA has details.
PLOTEUS, "the Portal on Learning Opportunities throughout the European Space, will help you find out about education and training available throughout Europe." PLOTEUS includes an exchange & grants search and a searchable database of courses and schools.
ERASMUS, an "EU funded programme which contains a wide range of measures designed to support the European activities of higher education institutions, including mobility and exchange of their students and teaching staff."
See www.ukcosa.org.uk/pages/advice.htm
Disability Discrimination Act 2005
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001
Code of practice - Students with disabilities at Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Free for students studying for six months or longer from the National Health Service (NHS). Health services for people with disabilities should also be covered by this. See Keeping healthy at UKCOSA.
The section on the United Kingdom of the Higher Education Accessibility Guide (HEAG) has a searchable database of universities and links for students with disabilities. HEAG is hosted by the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education.
Skill: National Bureau for Students With Disabilities
The experiences of individual disabled people in post 16 education, training, employment and volunteering at Skill. Skill also has a forum.
UK Study advises international students who want to learn English at English language schools in Britain.
BBC World Service - Learning English Listening and reading exercises, quizzes and communicating with others through message boards and discussion group (free, no travel required)
United Kingdom in the Lonely Planet World Guide
Read more about the United Kingdom at Wikipedia (a free, on-line, collaborative encyclopedia).
This entry changed: Tuesday 12th August 2025.