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Funding information for new PGCE students

Welcome to all our new PGCE students! Your teaching journey starts here and we want you to sail through the year ahead so here are some key money tips for you…. If you have applied for the standard student finance package, check the payments dates on your notification of entitlement letter. The university tells Student Finance…

How does Clearing affect my student finance?

If you’ve been offered a place at uni through Clearing and you want to know about your student funding, we’re here to help. This is what you need to do to get your finance sorted: 1. APPLY FOR YOUR STUDENT FUNDING If you haven’t already applied for student funding, do it now. If you are…

Student Finance for a repeat year of study

Have you applied for funding for next academic year? Are you repeating the academic year (or part of it)? You need to make sure Student Finance know which academic year you’re going to be returning to, so if you have already applied for next year (18/19) you should check this as soon as possible as this can cause problems…

Fed up with the soaring temperatures? Don’t get hot and bothered about your finances

Most students will be enjoying some well deserved time off at the moment, many will be making the most of the lovely weather and relaxing with friends and family. However, the holidays can be a stressful time for students, particularly for those with money worries. You may be concerned about the state of your bank balance, uncertain about what funding you’re…

Continuing students – Look out for letters from SLC this week regarding overpayments

Some of you will receive letters this week telling you been overpaid by student finance. The letters could appear at your term time address, home address, by email or direct into your correspondence folder within your online account. If you have been overpaid during the academic year which has just ended and you are due…

The Student Advice Service is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week

We know that money worries have a significant impact on our mental wellbeing and the pressures of managing your money on a tight student budget is very stressful. In 2016 we, along with our universities, asked our students to comment on how they felt their finances affected their mental health. The findings were collated by…

(Nearly) all you ever wanted to know about student finance overpayments but were afraid to ask

It is important that you understand the full implications of any changes which may affect your student finance amount and what happens if you have been overpaid any money. We see many students each year who have been overpaid so we know it is a common issue and this year the Student Loans Company are…

Final year and PGCE students are you worried about your finances?

Have you got a question about anything money related? You want to check your funding entitlement now You want to know what happens about loan repayments You want to ask about your student account You’ve got a plan and you want to run it by someone You’re struggling financially and you want to know more…

Learning Support Fund for new Health Science students

Additional non repayable funds are now available to new 1st year, full time, undergraduate, pre-registration Health Science students receiving the standard 2017 package of student support from Student Loans Company (comprising the Maintenance and Tuition Fee Loans + other supplementary grants (if applicable) assessed by SLC). The additional funds come in the form of the Learning Support Fund, which is managed by the NHSBSA (National…

Are you waiting to hear about the outcome of a recent Student Support Fund application?

Students who submitted a complete application with all supporting documents and evidence on or before Monday 27th November should hear the outcome of their application by the end of this week, ie Friday 15th December. Applications are processed on the Moulsecoomb campus and the best way to check when your application was received is by checking your…