Are you starting a full-time course at university or college?
•Find out what student finance is available to you and apply online now at www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance
•Remember:
Most students won’t have to pay anything up front. There are student loans to help with tuition fees and living costs.
Repayments are based on future earnings and not what you borrow and you only repay when you have left university and are earning more than £21,000.
Students may also qualify for a government grant, which doesn’t need to be paid back.
•You don’t need to have accepted a place at university or college to apply for student finance. Apply online by 31 May 2012.
•Giving Student Finance England your UK passport number and your parents’ or partner's National Insurance numbers means that, as part of their assessment, SFE can automatically check your identity with the Identity and Passport Service and household income with HM Revenue & Customs, providing your parent or partner has consented to disclosure of their income.
•If SFE do need financial evidence to support your application, they’ll only ask for copies of documents – you don’t need to send in originals.
•If you are disabled or have children or adult dependants, you can apply for non-repayable grants.
•Visit www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance for more information and to apply. There is also a series of ‘how to’ videos to help you.
