Further education | Maximum amounts | |
Care to Learn childcare grant England (London) | £175 per child a week | |
England (outside London) | £160 per child a week | |
Northern Ireland | £165 per child a week | |
Education maintenance allowance | | |
Wales and Northern Ireland | £60 per fortnight | |
Further education grant (Northern Ireland) | £2,092 per year | |
Welsh government learning grant | £1,500 per year | |
Vulnerable student bursary (England) | £1,200 per year (minimum) | |
Higher education | | |
Full-time undergraduates | | |
Adult dependants’ grant | | |
England and Wales | £3,094 per year | |
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Northern Ireland | £2,695 per year | |
Childcare grant | | |
One child: | | |
England and Wales | £174.22 per week | |
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Northern Ireland | £148.75 per week | |
Two or more children: | | |
England and Wales | £298.69 per week | |
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Northern Ireland | £255 per week | |
Disabled students’ allowance | | |
England and Wales: | | |
Non-medical personal helper | £23,258 per academic year | |
Major items of specialist equipment | £5,849 for duration of course | |
Other expenditure | £1,954 per academic year | |
Additional expenditure on travel | Full reimbursement | |
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Northern Ireland: | | |
Non-medical personal helper | £20,938 per academic year | |
Major items of specialist equipment | £5,266 for duration of course | |
Other expenditure | £1,759 per academic year | |
Additional expenditure on travel | Full reimbursement | |
Maintenance grant (England and Northern Ireland) | | |
England, 2012 cohort | £3,801 per year | |
Northern Ireland | £3,475 per year | |
Parents’ learning allowance | | |
England and Wales | £1,766 per year | |
Northern Ireland | £1,538 per year | |
Special support grant | | |
England, 2012 cohort | £3,801 per year | |
Wales, 2012 cohort | £5,161 per year | |
Northern Ireland | £3,475 per year | |
Student loan for living costs | | |
England, 2016 cohort: | Full year | Final year |
Studying in London | £12,010 | £11,127 |
Studying outside London | £9,203 | £8,703 |
Living in parental home | £7,747 | £7,290 |
Note: around 50% of the student loan is means tested. | | |
England, 2016 cohort, eligible for benefits: | Full year | Final year |
Studying in London | £13,098 | £12,275 |
Studying outside London | £10,490 | £10,027 |
Living in parental home | £9,140 | £8,714 |
Note: these rates include a means-tested ‘special support element’ of £3,783, which is not included in benefit calculations. A proportion of the remaining ‘maintenance element’ is also means tested. | | |
England, 2016 cohort, aged 60 or over | £3,893 per year | |
England, 2012 cohort: | Full year | Final year |
Studying in London | £9,205 | £8,383 |
Studying outside London | £6,597 | £6,135 |
Living in parental home | £5,247 | £4,821 |
Note: 35% of the student loan is means tested. The rate of loan may be reduced if you are eligible for a maintenance grant. | | |
Wales, 2018 cohort: | | |
Studying in London | £11,260 per year | |
Studying outside London | £8,810 per year | |
Living in parental home | £7,335 per year | |
Note: the rate of loan is reduced £1 for every £1 of maintenance grant received. There is no final year rate of loan. | | |
Wales, 2012 cohort: | Full year | Final year |
Studying in London | £10,584 | £9,638 |
Studying outside London | £7,344 | £6,803 |
Living in parental home | £5,848 | £5,295 |
Note: 25% of the student loan is means tested. The rate of loan may be reduced if you are eligible for a Welsh government learning grant. | | |
Northern Ireland: | Full year | Final year |
Studying in London | £6,780 | £6,170 |
Studying outside London | £4,840 | £4,480 |
Living in parental home | £3,750 | £3,390 |
Note: 25% of the student loan is means tested. The rate of loan may be reduced if you are eligible for a maintenance grant. | | |
Tuition fee grant (Wales, 2012 cohort) | £4,530 per year | |
Tuition fee loan | £9,250 per year | |
Welsh government learning grant | | |
2012 cohort | £5,161 per year | |
2018 cohort: | | |
Base grant (all students) | £1,000 per year | |
Studying in London | £10,124 per year | |
Studying outside London | £8,100 per year | |
Living in parental home | £6,885 per year | |
Part-time undergraduates | | |
Course costs grant (Northern Ireland) | £265 per year | |
Maintenance grant (Wales, 2018 cohort) | | |
Base grant (amount payable is pro-rated according to intensity of study) | £1,000 per year | |
Maintenance grant (maximum amount payable is pro-rated according to intensity of study) | £6,000 per year | |
Tuition fee grant | | |
Wales, pre-2014 cohorts: | | |
Course intensity equivalent to: 50–59% of a full-time course | £690 per year | |
60–74% of a full-time course | £820 per year | |
75% or more of a full-time course | £1,025 per year | |
Northern Ireland: | | |
Course intensity equivalent to: | | |
50–59% of a full-time course | £820 per year | |
60–74% of a full-time course | £985 per year | |
75% or more of a full-time course | £1,230 per year | |
Student loan for living costs (England, 2018 cohort) | | |
Maximum rates are as for 2016 cohort full-time students domiciled in England above, pro-rated by intensity of study | | |
Student loan for living costs (Wales, 2018 cohort) Maximum amount payable is pro-rated by intensity of study and loans are reduced £1 for every £1 of maintenance grant payable | £6,245 per year | |
Tuition fee loan | | |
England (post-2012 cohorts) and Wales for study elsewhere in UK (post-2014 cohorts) | £6,935 per year | |
Wales for study in Wales, post-2014 cohorts | £2,625 per year | |
Northern Ireland | £3,296.25 per year | |
Welsh government learning grant (pre-2018 cohort) | £1,155 per year | |
Healthcare students | | |
Means-tested bursary | | |
England and Wales (2012 system, 30-week rates): | | |
Studying in London | £3,191 per year | |
Studying outside London | £2,643 per year | |
Living in parental home | £2,207 per year | |
Northern Ireland: | | |
Living away from parental home | £2,355 per year | |
Living in parental home | £1,920 per year | |
Non-means-tested grant (England and Wales, 2012 system) | £1,000 per year | |
Nursing and midwifery bursary (Northern Ireland) | £5,165 per year | |
Reduced-rate student loan | | |
England: | Full year | Final year |
Studying in London | £3,451 | £2,642 |
Studying outside London | £2,458 | £1,916 |
Living in parental home | £1,845 | £1,400 |
Wales, 2018 cohort: | | |
Studying in London | £5,630 | |
Studying outside London | £4,405 | |
Living in parental home | £3,665 | |
Note: there is no final year rate of loan. | | |
Wales, 2012 cohort: | | |
Studying in London | £5,666 | £3,980 |
Studying outside London | £3,702 | £2,885 |
Living in parental home | £2,777 | £2,111 |
Northern Ireland: | | |
Living away from parental home | £2,324 | £1,811 |
Living in parental home | £1,744 | £1,324 |
Training grant (England, 2017 system) | £5,000 per year | |
Note: there are a range of supplementary grants for healthcare students not listed here. See Chapter 6 for further details. More may be available in some circumstances | | |
Social work students | | |
NHS Business Services Authority social work bursary (England) | | |
Studying in London | £5,262.50 per year | |
Studying outside London | £4,862.50 per year | |
Social Care Wales social work bursary (Wales) | £2,500 per year | |
Office of Social Services social work bursary (Northern Ireland) | £4,000 per year | |
Teacher training students | | |
Teacher training bursary (England and Wales) | | |
Amount depends on subject studied and undergraduate degree classification held | | |
Postgraduates | | |
Postgraduate loan for doctoral degree (England and Wales) | £26,445 for duration of course | |
Postgraduate loan for master’s degree (England) | £11,222 for duration of course | |
Postgraduate Master’s Finance (Wales) | up to £17,489 for duration of course | |
Note: At least £1,000 is in the form of grant, and up to £6,885 depending on household income | | |
Postgraduate tuition fee loan (Northern Ireland) | £5,500 for the duration of course | |
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