|
Medway Council's Student Finance Team can help students who are currently following a course of higher education or who plan to enter higher education in the academic year 2008/2009 and would like information on the package of financial help available to higher education students, known as student finance.
The team processes applications for the financial assistance that the government provides to students studying courses of higher education. If you would like an application form for the 2008/2009 academic year, please contact the team at the address below.
Remember - the team can only process applications from students whose households pay council tax to Medway Council.
Financial support available for the academic year 2008/2009
|
Finance component
|
Amount
|
Means-tested?
|
Details
|
|
Full-time students
|
|
|
|
|
Higher education grant
|
Up to £1,000
|
Yes
|
Students from low income households who entered higher education before 1 September 2006 may be eligible to receive this grant. This grant is non-repayable.
|
|
Maintenance grant
|
Up to £2,835
|
Yes
|
Students from low income households who entered higher education on or after 1 September 2006 may be eligible to receive this grant. If you are eligible for the maximum grant amount and your fees are £3,145, you may be eligible for a bursary of at least £310 from your higher education institute. Contact your university or college regarding this.
|
|
Special support grant
|
Up to £2,835
|
Yes
|
Students entering higher education on or after 1 September 2006 and who receive or who would be entitled to receive income support and/or housing benefit because they fall into one of the following groups: - single parents;
- living with a partner who is also a full-time student;
- 60 years old and above;
- eligible for certain specified disability benefits;
will be eligible for the special support grant instead of the maintenance grant.
|
|
Tuition fee grant
|
Up to £1,255
|
Yes
|
Students who entered higher education before 1 September 2006 may be eligible to apply for this grant.
|
|
Tuition fee loan
|
Up to £3,145
|
No
|
This loan is normally available to all students no matter when they began their course. Both the fee loan and the fee grant are paid directly to the higher education institute.
|
|
Student loan
|
Up to £6,475
|
Partially - check details
|
The amount available is one quarter means-tested and three quarters non-means-tested. It also varies according to whether a student is living at home, away from home, in London or overseas during the academic year.
|
|
Parent learning allowance
|
Up to £1,470
|
Yes
|
Any student with dependant children may be eligible to apply for this grant.
|
|
Adult dependants' grant
|
Up to £2,575
|
Yes
|
Any student with a husband, wife or partner or who lives with another adult member of their family who depends on them financially, may be eligible to apply for this grant.
|
|
Childcare grant
|
85 per cent of weekly childcare costs up to a specified maximum
|
Yes
|
Students with dependent children, using Ofsted-registered or approved childcare, may qualify for a childcare grant.
|
|
Disabled students' allowance
|
Varied
|
No
|
Dependent upon personal circumstances. This allowance is for costs incurred as a result of a disability.
|
|
Travel grant
|
Varied
|
Yes
|
Students on medical and dental courses may receive help towards travel costs in their clinical years. Students studying abroad can also apply for a travel grant.
|
|
Part time students
|
|
|
|
|
Fee grant
|
Between £785 and £1,180
|
Yes
|
The amount available is dependent on the intensity of study in the academic year.
|
|
Course grant
|
Up to £255
|
Yes
|
This is for help towards travel, books and other course costs.
|
Students thinking of taking a course of study or transferring, withdrawing or suspending from their present course should let the team know. These decisions could have implications on their entitlement to financial support, so it is advisable to let the team know of any changes that take place while a course of study is in progress. To get advice before deciding what to do, please contact the team.
Further information is available from:
|
Text version | Accessibility help | Change contrast | Printer friendly
