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    23-08-2011

    Student loans and student finance, an introduction

     Full-time students can apply for:

    •a Tuition Fee Loan to cover tuition fees
    •a Maintenance Grant and Maintenance Loan to help with living costs
    Part-time students can apply for:

    •a Fee Grant to help with tuition costs
    •a Course Grant to help with study costs
    Student loans
    Full-time students can apply for student loans to help with their study costs. Student loans are not available to part-time students in 2010/11 or 2011/12. The loans available to full-time students are:

    •a Tuition Fee Loan - to cover tuition costs in full (the maximum your tuition can cost is £3,290 in 2010/11 and £3,375 in 2011/12, except Scotland where it costs £1,820 or £2,895 for medicine)
    •a Maintenance Loan - to help with accommodation and other living costs (how much you get depends on where you live and study and your household income)
    You start paying student loans back from 6 April after you graduate or leave your course and earn over £15,000.
     

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