Slightly off topic
yes...
a "child" returning from outside the EU to take up a university place may find they are charged non-EU fees
Yes indeed they do, as most universities class you as overseas unless the student has been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) throughout the three years immediately preceding the course start date.
However, universities also say that if the student or their spouse or parent was,
temporarily employed outside the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area or Switzerland, then they would qualify for home status.
I know this as it happened to Nams jnr. All I had to do was produced evidence that I was indeed
temporarily employed outside the United Kingdom. No problem at all.