UCAS Finance Presentation

2. Student Funding
2015 & Beyond
Sarah McLeod
Student Services

3. Agenda
• Tuition fees
• Money for living costs
– Grants, loans, bursaries, fee waivers etc.
• NHS funding
• Student loan repayments
– How this works
– How much you could be expected to pay

4. University Tuition Fees
• Universities can charge up to £9,000 each year for their
full time undergraduate degree courses
• Tuition fee rates are available on university websites
All students can take a tuition fee loan each year so
everyone can afford to study

5. Money for living costs
• Maintenance grant up to £3,387 (means tested)
- you don’t pay this back
- full grant up to £25,000 – partial grant up to £42,620
• Maintenance loan
- partially means tested
- £3,731+ (living away from parental home rate)
- £2,967+ (living in parental home rate)

6. 10k 20k 30k 40k 50k 60k 70k
Household Income
£1,000
£2,000
£3,000
£4,000
£5,000
£6,000
£7,000
Student Funding 2015 Living away from
home outside London
All students should have access to around £5,740

7. 20k
£1,000
£2,000
£3,000
£4,000
£5,000
£6,000
£7,000
10k 30k 40k 50k 60k 70k
Student Funding 2015 Living away from
home outside London
£25K
Maintenance Loan
(£4,047)
Maintenance Grant
(£3,387)

8. 20k
£1,000
£2,000
£3,000
£4,000
£5,000
£6,000
£7,000
10k 30k 40k 50k 60k 70k
Student Funding 2015 Living away from
home outside London
C42.6K
Maintenance
Grant
Maintenance Loan

9. 20k
£1,000
£2,000
£3,000
£4,000
£5,000
£6,000
£7,000
10k 30k 40k 50k 60k 70k
Student Funding 2015
Parental Contribution
Maintenance Loan
Maintenance
Grant

10. Additional Government Funding
• Disabled Students Allowance (DSA’s)
– Specialist equipment allowance
– Non-medical helpers allowance
– General disabled students’ allowance
– Extra travel costs
• Contact Disability Services
– 01642 342277 or disability@tees.ac.uk

11. Money for living costs
• Scholarship Schemes
– Every university has a different scheme and details
are available on university websites. Each university
has their own eligibility criteria:
• Who qualifies – grades, household income etc
• What you can get – bursary, fee waiver etc
• How to apply

12. Teesside Extra Scholarship
• Cash bursary of up to £2,500
• Achieve at least BBBs at A’level (or
equivalent)
• Full eligibility criteria apply, please see the
website for further details

13. How to apply
Apply to Student Finance England: www.gov.uk/apply-online-for-student-finance

14. NHS Funding
2015/16

15. NHS Funding 2015/16
• NHS funded students
– doctor or dentist (eligible for an NHS Bursary during the latter
stages of their pre-registration training
– chiropodist (including podiatrist), dietician, occupational therapist,
orthoptist, physiotherapist, prosthetist, and orthotist,
radiographer, audiologist or a speech and language therapist
– dental hygienist or dental therapist
– nurse, midwife or operating department practitioner (degree
course)

16. NHS funding
Non-repayable funding
• Not means tested
– Payment of Fees
– NHS Grant of £1,000
• Means tested
– NHS Bursary up to £4,491 for
45+ weeks living away from
parents
– Up to £3,439 living with
parents
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk
Repayable funding
• Not means tested
– Apply to Student Finance
England on PN1 form
– £2,324 (living away from
home
– £1,744 (living at home)
– You pay it back like everyone
else

17. How to apply
• Apply online at www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk
• Supplementary paper forms; DSA, Childcare
• Re-apply yearly
• Paid by equal monthly instalment until following
August

18. Loan repayments
• Student loans are very different to commercial credit
• Interest rate linked to inflation plus up to 3%
• How much you pay depends on how much you earn
• Nothing to pay until you have left education and have
an income above £21,000 per year
• Affordable monthly repayments
• Outstanding debt written-off after 30 years

19. 10k
15k
18k
20k
30k
£28,000pa
9% of
£7,000
Percentage of income
£630 (2.2%)
Monthly repayments
£52.50
Weekly repayments
£12.11
Student loan repayments

20. Loan repayment example
• Graduate earning £30,000pa gross
– Monthly gross income £2,500
– Pension (6%) £150
– Tax £293
– National insurance £191
– Net income £1,866
– Student loan repayment£67.50
– INCOME £1,798.50

21. Summary
• You don’t have to pay anything until after you have left
education – everyone can afford to study
• All full-time students can apply for a maintenance loan to
help with living costs
• Students from households earning less than £42,620 will
also receive a non-repayable maintenance grant
• Repayments are based on what you earn, not on what
you owe

22. Useful websites
• Government services website
– www.gov.uk/student-finance
– More information about funding
• University websites
– Information about courses, bursaries, fee waivers etc.
– www.tees.ac.uk
• Money Saving Expert
– www.moneysavingexpert.com

23. ANY QUESTIONS?