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Student finance - student loans or student grants for tuition fees and living costs, extra help, student loan repayments.
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Funding and university courses for mature students - entry requirements, find courses, student finance
Information for students to help work out what academic year their course falls under.
Information for students about what living cost funding is available (including student finance for 2024 to 2025 and 2023 to 2024) for those living in England.
The Lambert toolkit is for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaborative research projects with each other.
Technical note for applicant organisations in England on the use of university, polytechnic and higher education in business and company names.
Find out if your university qualification means you're eligible for a High Potential Individual visa.
Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) could support you while you’re studying – don’t miss out.
Terms of reference for the independent review of university spin-outs to identify best practice in turning university research into commercial success.
Sets out the process and detailed criteria for higher education providers seeking to apply for either university title or university college title.
University and College Union trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
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Whether you go through Clearing after getting your exam results or you’ve not yet applied for university or college, you need to make sure your student finance is sorted.
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