2015 & Beyond Sarah McLeod Student Services Agenda Tuition - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Student Funding 2015 & Beyond Sarah McLeod Student Services Agenda Tuition fees Non-NHS money for living costs Grants, loans, bursaries, fee waivers etc... NHS funding Student loan repayments How this works How
Student Funding 2015 & Beyond
Sarah McLeod Student Services
Agenda
- Tuition fees
- Non-NHS 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
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
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
Teesside University Support
Teesside Extra Scholarship 2014/15
- Cash bursary up to £2,500
- Predicted and/or achieve at least BBB at A’level (or
equivalent)
- Full eligibility criteria apply, please see the website
for further details
How to apply
Apply to Student Finance England: www.sfengland.slc.co.uk
NHS Funding 2014/15
NHS Funding 2014/15
- 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,
- rthoptist, 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)
NHS funding
Non-repayable funding
- Not means tested
– Payment of Fees – NHS Grant of £1,000
- Means tested
– NHS Bursary up to £4,443 for 45+ weeks living away from parents – Up to £3,373 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
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
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
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
Loan repayment example
- Graduate earning £30,000pa gross
– Monthly gross income £2,500 – Pension (6%) £150 – Tax £303 – National insurance £192 – Net income £1,855 – Student loan repayment £67.50 – INCOME £1,787.50
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
Useful websites
- Government services website
– www.gov.uk/student-finance – www.sfengland.slc.co.uk – More information about funding
- University websites
– Information about courses, bursaries, fee waivers etc. – www.tees.ac.uk
- Money Saving Expert
– www.moneysavingexpert.com