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Guide to higher education 21<br />
What financial help is available?<br />
Tuition fee loans<br />
All students, regardless of circumstances,<br />
are entitled to tuition fee loans which cover<br />
the full cost of their study. They are paid<br />
directly to the university in instalments.<br />
Living cost loans<br />
All students can apply for living cost loans for<br />
help with costs such as accommodation, food,<br />
travel or books. How much a student receives<br />
depends on where they’ll be living and studying,<br />
their ho<strong>us</strong>ehold income and how much living<br />
cost grant they are entitled to. The ho<strong>us</strong>ehold<br />
income for a student is how much the all the<br />
people they are living with are earning – for<br />
example, their parents, guardians or carers.<br />
The maximum amounts<br />
payable in 2014/15 are:<br />
Where the student<br />
lives and studies<br />
At home £4,375<br />
Away from home<br />
and studying<br />
outside London<br />
Away from home<br />
and studying<br />
inside London<br />
Spend a year<br />
of a UK course<br />
studying overseas<br />
Amount of loan<br />
£5,500<br />
£7,675<br />
£6,535<br />
Living cost loans are paid into the student’s<br />
bank account in three instalments at the start of<br />
each university term.<br />
Living cost grants<br />
These don’t have to be paid back and,<br />
again, are intended to help with the costs<br />
of things such as accommodation, travel<br />
and food. The amount students will get<br />
depends on their ho<strong>us</strong>ehold income.<br />
Ho<strong>us</strong>ehold Income<br />
Grant available<br />
(courses from<br />
Sept 2013)<br />
Up to £25,000 £3,354<br />
£30,000 £2,416<br />
£35,000 £1,478<br />
£40,000 £540<br />
Over £42,874 (2012)<br />
or £42,611 (2013)<br />
Over<br />
£42,600/£42,611<br />
Up to £50<br />
No grant<br />
Applying for grants and loans<br />
Most students apply for loans and grants<br />
in March-May after completing their UCAS<br />
applications. The best way to apply is online at<br />
www.gov.uk/studentfinance. Students can apply<br />
as late as nine months into their university<br />
study, but it’s easiest to apply early to avoid any<br />
delay in the loan coming through.<br />
Repayments<br />
Repaying loans is straightforward, manageable<br />
and taken care of automatically through the<br />
PAYE system. Most graduates will only payback<br />
tiny amounts to start with. Repayment rates<br />
are linked to earnings and not how much<br />
students owe. The rate of interest is very low.<br />
Tuition loans and any living cost loans<br />
are combined together for repayment.<br />
Students don’t repay anything until the<br />
April after they graduate and only when<br />
they’re earning over £21,000 a year.
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