Student Finance Direct - Warwickshire
Student Finance Direct - Warwickshire process applications for student support outlined on this page. We administer the awards held by students whose home residence is within Warwickshire. |
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Variable Tuition Fees and Tuition Fee Loan
From September 2006 onwards, Universities and Colleges offering Higher Education courses in the United Kingdom can charge a varying amount of tuition fees.
You will not be required to pay tuition fees before you start your course or while you are studying, although you can do so if you wish. You can apply for a non income assessed tuition fee loan to cover the amount of tuition fees charged by your university or college. This will give you the advantage of not having to find this money from elsewhere. If you decide to take out the tuition fee loan, the fees will be paid directly to the institution, and you would repay the loan in the same way as you would repay the maintenance loan (the April after you graduate and once you earn £15,000). For further details about repaying the loan can be found on the Student Loans Company website. Click here to go straight to the website.
The maximum amount of tuition that can be charged is:
2007/2008 academic year - up to £3,070
2008/2009 academic year - up to £3,145
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Maintenance Grant
From 2006, new full time students from lower income households will be eligible to receive a (non repayable) maintenance grant
The amount of grant available is dependent on household income
For the 2007/2008 academic year:
The maximum maintenance grant available is £2,765
Household Income of less than £17,910; student will receive full grant
Household Income of between £17, 911 and £38,330; student will receive part of the grant
Household Income of more than £38,331; student will not receive any grant
For the 2008/2009 academic year:
The maximum maintenance grant available is £2,835
For Students who will be starting a new course during 2008/2009, and who have never studied a course of higher education previously:-
Household Income of less than £25,000; student will receive full grant
Household Income of between £25,000 and £60,005 student will receive part of the grant
Household Income of more than £60,005; student will not receive any grant
For students who are already in higher education, or have been in higher education previously:-
Household Income of less than £18,360; student will receive full grant
Household Income of between £18,361 and £39,306 student will receive part of the grant
Household Income of more than £39,306; student will not receive any grant
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Maintenance Loan
The maximum loans available are:
For the 2007/2008 academic year
living away from the parental home and studying in London: £6,315;
living away from the parental home and studying elsewhere: £4,510;
living at their parents' home: £3,495.
If a student receives any of the maintenance grant up to a maximum of £1,200, that amount is deducted from the amount of maintenance loan available.
For students with a household income of more thnt £37,900, no maintenance grant is payable and 25% of the above loan is dependent on income.
For the 2008/2009 academic year
living away from the parental home and studying in London: £6,475
living away from the parental home and studying elsewhere: £4,625
living at their parents' home: £3,580
If a student receives any of the maintenance grant up to a maximum of £1,260, that amount is deducted from the amount of maintenance loan available.
For Students who will be starting a new course during 2008/2009, and who have never studied a course of higher education previously:-
with a household income of more than £60,6005, no maintenance grant is payable and 25% of the above loan is dependent on income.
For students who are already in higher education, or have been in higher education previously:-
with a household income of more than £39,306, no maintenance grant is payable and 25% of the above loan is dependent on income.
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Extra Help for certain students
Some students get additional help. This help does not have to be repaid. You might be able to get this help if:
- you have one or more dependants;
- you have childcare costs to meet;
- you are under 21 and have been in care since you were 16.
The system of student support is complex. For a fuller account of how the system works, please click here to go to the Directgov website, which provides more indepth information
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