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CRETARY OF STATE'S MEEING WITH HIGH COMMISSIONERS 21 NOVEMBER

STUDENT MOBILITY AND EDUCATION FEES

POINTS TO MAKE

1. The additional £46 million provided in 1983 for a 3 year period is funding an extra 5,000 awards (lobally) each year. Rather more than half of the £46 million is being spent on Commonwealth students.

£42.5 million was allocated to scholarships for 9,730 Commonwealth students under HMG supported schemes in 1983/84 as follows :-

2.

No of Awurds

Expenditure

Scheme

Commonwealth "Scholarship and

Fellowship Plan

£

6,850,000

Technical Cooperation and Training Programme

€,040

£ 30,397,300

British Council

125

£

511,600

Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme

580

£

1,305,000

FCO Discretionary Awards Scheme

62

£

241,166

FCO Fee Support Scheme for Students from Malaysia

353

£

990,000

FCO Fee Support Scheme for Students

from Cyprus

590

£

1,000,000

FCO Fee Support Scheme for Students from Hong Kong

1,201

£ 1,300,000

9,730

£ 42,595,066

3. In 1984/85 these programmes are not only all continuing but

some have increased. £2 million is being provided for the Malaysian Fee Support Scheme;

£1.75 million for the Hong Kong

Support Scheme and the FCO Discretionary Awards Scheme has been

replaced by the Scholarships and Awards Scheme under which

£1 million has been allocated to the Commonwealth.

/4.