Student loans

Get student finance, contact Student Finance England, guidance on repaying your loan, the Advanced Learner Loan, postgraduate and teacher training funding.

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Services

1. Student finance login

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

2. Student finance

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

3. Contact Student Finance England

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

4. Apply online for student finance

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

5. Repaying your student loan

   When you start repaying your student loan, your monthly repayments, what to do if you have 2 jobs or are self-employed, how to get a refund if you've overpaid

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Guidance and regulation

1. Contact SLC - repayment enquiries
   • Detailed guide
   • 2 August 2019
   • Student Loans Company
2. Universal Credit and students
   • Detailed guide
   • 11 April 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions
3. Overseas earnings thresholds for Plan 1 student loans
   • Guidance
   • 24 May 2019
   • Student Loans Company
4. How interest is calculated - Plan 1
   • Detailed guide
   • 15 May 2019
   • Student Loans Company
5. Overseas earnings thresholds for Plan 2 student loans
   • Guidance
   • 24 May 2019
   • Student Loans Company

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News and communications

19 August 2019 — News story

Getting Clear on Student Finance

Student Loans Company

1. Paula Sussex's speech to the NUS, Memberships Services Conference
   • 13 August 2019
   • Student Loans Company
   • News story
2. SLC Grabs Gold in Global Customer Service Award
   • 27 June 2019
   • Student Loans Company
   • Press release
3. Part-time student finance applications are now open!
   • 26 June 2019
   • Student Loans Company
   • News story
4. Student loan repayment has a new home
   • 20 June 2019
   • Student Loans Company
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Advanced Learner Loans Paid in England, AY 2018/19, Aug to Apr
   • 27 June 2019
   • Student Loans Company
   • Official statistics
2. Student loan forecasts, England: 2018 to 2019
   • 27 June 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Official statistics
3. Student loans for higher and further education - UK comparison
   • 13 June 2019
   • Student Loans Company
   • National statistics
4. Student Loans in Scotland: 2018 to 2019
   • 13 June 2019
   • Student Loans Company
   • National statistics
5. Student Loans in Northern Ireland: 2018 to 2019
   • 13 June 2019
   • Student Loans Company
   • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Postgraduate doctoral loans
   • 8 March 2017
   • Department for Education
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 16 December 2016
2. Part-time undergraduate maintenance loan
   • 8 March 2017
   • Department for Education
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 16 December 2016
3. Changes to healthcare education funding
   • 31 May 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Policy paper
4. Postgraduate doctoral loans: equality analysis
   • 8 March 2017
   • Department for Education
   • Impact assessment
5. Part-time maintenance loans policy: equality analysis
   • 8 March 2017
   • Department for Education
   • Impact assessment

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Numbers of repayment customers liable to repay that have not made any repayments
   • 15 May 2019
   • Student Loans Company
   • Foi release
2. Sale of student loans pre-2012
   • 20 December 2018
   • Department for Education
   • Corporate report
3. Information relating to part-time maintenance loan funding available to disabled students on distance learning courses
   • 9 October 2018
   • Student Loans Company
   • Foi release
4. Student loan voluntary repayment data
   • 29 August 2018
   • Student Loans Company
   • Foi release
5. Over-repayment data for English domiciled borrowers
   • 9 July 2018
   • Student Loans Company
   • Foi release

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Organisations

1. Department for Education
2. HM Revenue & Customs
3. Department of Health & Social Care
4. Department for Work & Pensions
5. Education & Skills Funding Agency

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1. HM Treasury

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