The Week in 100 Words: Scotland confirms EU student funding for 2017 and Indian agents petition to ban onshore commissions

• October 17, 2016

Bringing you the weeks’ International Education news affecting Study Abroad and Education Agencies around the world in around one hundred words

10th – 16th October 2016

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Scotland confirms EU student funding in 2017

The Scottish government has pledged that EU students beginning their studies in September 2017 will have access to tuition fee loans and not need to pay fees upfront.

Indian agents call for ban of onshore commissions

In order to prevent the practice of course hopping (applying through a specific provider, arriving in the country and then switching to a cheaper course), a group of Indian agents are petitioning to ban commissions paid to onshore agents.