Student grants, bursaries and scholarships

NHS bursaries, 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, Disability Living Allowance. Funding for parents, carers, adult learners, students from overseas.

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Services

• Student finance login

  Your student finance online account - check payment dates, track an application, change details, reset password, find customer reference numbers.

• Student finance for undergraduates

  Student finance - student loans or student grants for tuition fees and living costs, extra help, student loan repayments.

• Contact Student Finance England

  Contact details for Student Finance England - including complaints and student finance appeals, Advanced Learner Loan.

• Apply online for student finance

  Apply online for student finance - online applications for student finance including Tuition Fee Loans, Maintenance Loans and Grants.

• Funding for postgraduate study

  Postgraduate funding - find grants, loans, studentships and scholarships.

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Guidance and regulation

• Universal Credit and students
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 April 2026
  • Department for Work and Pensions
• 16 to 19 education: financial support for students
  • Detailed guide
  • 11 June 2025
  • Department for Education and Education and Skills Funding Agency
• NHS Bursary Scheme rules 2025 to 2026
  • Guidance
  • 17 April 2025
  • Department of Health and Social Care
• Getting paid as a childcare provider
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 October 2021
  • Student Loans Company
• Advanced learner loans: funding information and letter templates
  • Guidance
  • 29 April 2026
  • Department for Education

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News and communications

• Foreign Secretary announces support for Gaza with new child medical evacuations and assistance to Palestinians going to top UK universities
  • 24 June 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Home Office, and Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
  • Press release
• Marshall Scholarship gets £0.9m uplift to expand STEM awards
  • 27 May 2026
  • World news story
• Chevening Alumni of Solomon Islands charts new course with new executive committee
  • 11 May 2026
  • World news story
• The student finance deadline for new students is approaching
  • 7 May 2026
  • Student Loans Company
  • News story
• UK Scholarships Unit Head meets Ugandan partners on scholarship cooperation
  • 2 April 2026
  • World news story

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Research and statistics

• Student support for higher education in England 2021
  • 20 January 2022
  • Student Loans Company
  • National statistics
• Student Support for Higher Education in England 2016: 2015 to 2016 payments, 2016 to 2017 awards Academic Year 2015 to 16 (Final) and 2016 to 17 (Provisional)
  • 15 June 2017
  • Department for Education and Student Loans Company
  • National statistics announcement
• Evaluation of the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund
  • 17 July 2014
  • Department for Education
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Proposed changes to the Social Work Bursary and the Education Support Grant
  • 6 February 2026
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 07 April 2026
• 16 to 19 discretionary bursary fund: allocation methodology
  • 10 September 2019
  • Department for Education and Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 23 May 2019
• Independent public body review of FCDO funded scholarship schemes: UK government response
  • 7 December 2023
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, and Chevening Scholarship Programme
  • Policy paper
• NHS bursary reform
  • 27 January 2017
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• EMA replacement scheme: 16 to 19 bursaries and associated transitional arrangements - equality impact assessment
  • 15 April 2011
  • Department for Education
  • Impact assessment

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• SLC Board meeting minutes 2025
  • 16 April 2026
  • Student Loans Company
  • Transparency
• Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Strategy 2025 to 2028
  • 19 February 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
  • Corporate report
• Commonwealth Scholarship Commission annual report 2025: Together we thrive
  • 15 December 2025
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
  • Corporate report
• Commonwealth Scholarship Commission corporate plan and business plan 2025 to 2026
  • 16 October 2025
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
  • Corporate report
• Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission: 71st annual report, year ending September 2024
  • 1 October 2025
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• Department
  for Education
• Foreign, Commonwealth
  & Development Office
• Department
  of Health &
  Social Care
• Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
• Department
  for Work &
  Pensions

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• Department for
  Energy Security
  & Net Zero
• Department for
  Business & Trade
• Department for
  Science, Innovation
  & Technology
• HM Revenue
  & Customs
• Home Office
• Ministry
  of Defence
• Prime Minister's Office
  10 Downing Street

• Student Loans Company
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Nuclear Waste Services
• Competition and Markets Authority
• Nuclear Restoration Services
• Sellafield Ltd