LJMU and the EU

Yes, the University will remain part of the Erasmus scheme and students undertaking an exchange or work placement under the Erasmus scheme in 2016-17 will see no effect on their studies and their access to the Erasmus programme. Incoming and outgoing students should continue with their exchanges as planned.

We will honour all tuition fee rates as confirmed at the offer stage and for each subsequent year of study (subject only to increases for inflation).

If you already have an undergraduate student loan, you will continue to receive installments and should continue your studies as usual.

It has been confirmed that students from other EU countries who are currently at UK universities and those starting this Autumn will receive student loan support for the duration of their course.

Yes, the University is committed to supporting students in their ambitions to study abroad and will continue to offer opportunities in Europe and the rest of the world. We established a new ‘Go Global’ student fund last year to facilitate student mobility.

EU-domiciled students and staff do not require a visa to continue studying or working at LJMU for the foreseeable future. We anticipate no change for at least two years while exit negotiations are underway.

Throughout the two year period of negotiation, the UK will maintain all aspects of its current EU Membership. Any changes to working rights in the UK will be decided by the UK Government as part of these negotiations.

Throughout the two year period of negotiation, the UK will maintain all aspects of its current EU Membership. Any changes to residency rights in the UK will be decided by the UK Government as part of these negotiations.

Throughout the two year period of negotiation, the UK will maintain all aspects of its current EU Membership. Any changes to access rights in the UK, including health services, will be decided by the UK Government as part of these negotiations.

Student Advice and Wellbeing services are available to support you with any concerns you may have over the coming weeks and months. Staff are available to assist with practical issues as well as emotional issues and concerns. Please drop in to the Aquinas building, Maryland Street, if you wish to speak with a member of staff or alternatively ring 0151 231 3153/54 or email studentadvice@ljmu.ac.uk.

If you have experienced any issues related to hate crime and wish to either receive support or report such an incident, this can be done via the Hate Crime service located within LiverpoolSU.

Alternatively, you can contact Stop Hate UK on 0800 138 1625.

The Careers Centre Team will provide you the career support you need as you make the move into your first role after university and then throughout your career.

Yes, your employment status will remain the same for as long as the UK remains part of the EU. Your immigration status has not changed as a result of the vote. This will remain the case until the Government decides otherwise.

Staff currently undertaking EU funded projects should note that the UK’s status as a full participating member of the Horizon 2020 programme has not changed as a result of the referendum vote and that existing project grants and contracts will be honoured unless or until advised otherwise.

Universities UK (UUK) is liaising with the UK Research Office and the European Commission and institutions are advised that detailed advice on prospective and currently negotiated projects will be circulated as soon as is possible.

No. While the UK remains part of the EU you will still be able to travel freely in the EU. It is possible that the UK will accept the continuation of free movement in order to retain preferential access to the single market, in which case you will continue to be able to travel freely in the EU.

There are many countries outside the EEA that British citizens can visit for up to 90 days without needing a visa and it is possible that such arrangements could be negotiated with European countries.

A significant body of employment law in the UK derives from the EU, and over the past decades this has affected workers’ rights across the economy. While a leave vote could in theory allow the Government to amend employment law if it could gain Parliamentary approval, the reality is that the legal framework under which EU-derived employment law is transposed into UK law is complex and will not be straightforward to dismantle even if there is the political will to do so.

It will not be possible to make any changes to pensions legislation that stems from EU law until the UK has actually left the EU after the withdrawal negotiations have concluded.