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You will be classed as an
old system student if
you:
- started your current course before September 2006
- have transferred from a course that started before September
2006
- started an ‘end-on’ degree course after finishing a Foundation
Degree, Higher National Certificate (HNC), Higher National Diploma
(HND) or Diploma of Higher Education course in summer
2007.
Students have two main costs:
- tuition fees
- living costs
Tuition fees
Students will be charged up to £1255 for their
tuition fees at a publicly funded university or college in the UK.
Students may be entitled to a grant for all or part of the tuition
fees depending on the level of household income.
Tuition fee grant
|
Household income
|
Grant
|
Less than £23660
|
£1255
|
Between £23660 and
£35154
|
Partial grant
|
Over £35155
|
No grant
|
Student loans for tuition fees
- Students will no longer have to pay their tuition fees before
they start university or college or while they are studying.
- A student can take out a Student loan for tuition
fees.
- The Student Loan Company (SLC) will pay the tuition fees direct
to the student’s university or college.
- The loan will be repaid once a student has left university or
college and is earning £15000 or more.
- The interest charged on the loan is index linked to inflation
so the student only repays the value of the initial loan.
Higher Education Grant
This is a grant to help with the costs of higher education. The
amount you receive depends on the level of household income.
Jobcentreplus and local authority Housing Benefit departments
disregard it when working out your benefits.
-
The maximum grant is £1000.
-
Full time students are eligible for this if they started their
course in September 2004 or later.
-
It is paid in three instalments at the start of each term
directly into the student’s bank account.
-
It does not have to be repaid.
|
Higher Education Grant
|
| Household income |
Grant |
Household income |
Grant |
| Less than £16750 |
£1000 |
£20500 |
£405 |
| £17000 |
£961 |
£21000 |
£326 |
| £17500 |
£881 |
£21500 |
£247 |
| £18000 |
£802 |
£22000 |
£167 |
| £18500 |
£723 |
£22500 |
£88 |
| £19000 |
£643 |
£22735 |
£50 |
| £19500 |
£564 |
Over £22736 |
0 |
| £20000 |
£485 |
|
Student loans for maintenance
To help with living costs, for example, accommodation, food,
clothes, travel and so on.
- Students are eligible for this if they are under 60 at the
start of their course.
- The Student Loan for maintenance is paid in three instalments
at the start of each term directly into the student’s bank
account.
- The interest charged on the loan is index linked to inflation
so the student only repays the value of the initial loan.
- 75% of the Student Loan for maintenance is non
income-assessed.
- 25% of the Student Loan for maintenance is income-assessed so
it depends on the level of household income as to how much you
get.
Student loans for maintenance - full year
rates
|
| |
75%
Not income-assessed
|
25%
income-assessed
|
Full loan
|
| Student living away from parental home and
studying in London |
£4855 |
£1620 |
£6475 |
| Student living away from parental home and studying
outside London |
£3470 |
£1155 |
£4625 |
| Student living in the parental home |
£2685 |
£895 |
£3580 |
|
Student loans for maintenance - final year
rates
|
| |
75%
Not income-assessed
|
25%
income-assessed
|
Full loan
|
| Student living away from parental home and studying in
London |
£4420 |
£1475 |
£5895 |
| Student living away from parental home and studying
outside London |
£3210 |
£1070 |
£4280 |
| Student living in the parental home |
£2425 |
£810 |
£3235 |