I'm thinking very heavily about studying for my Masters degree in continental Europe, namely Denmark, the Netherlands, or Germany. I'm wondering though, can I still get a Career Developement Loan to help funding an EU masters course?

hi, I dont know about career development loan; have you considered EU funding instead for your intended EU masters course? For example here ec.europa.eu/education/index_en.html -

Well at the moment I'm only expecting a 2:1, and I can't help but wonder if competition for EU funding will be just as great for national funding, mainly as I'm looking at doing International Politics, which seems to have very high competition.

hi again yes its highly competitive but do try anyway, dont let it discourage you