Higher Education Student Finance arrangements confirmed for the 2013/14 Academic Year
Maximum Maintenance Grants for low income students attending full-time courses will be increased in line with inflation. Maximum…
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Maximum Maintenance Grants for low income students attending full-time courses will be increased in line with inflation.
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Maximum charges for tuition and maximum tuition loans will be maintained at 2012/13 levels.
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Maximum Fee and Course Grants for part-time and full-time distance learning students who started their courses before September 2012 will also be increased in line with inflation.
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All other grants and loans for living costs will be maintained at 2012/13 levels in 2013/14.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said:
“In tough times we have been able to improve upon the existing student support package. Next year we will increase living cost grants for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and there is a generous package of support available to all other students.”
Universities and Science Minister David Willetts said:
“We are giving universities early advice so they can ensure prospective students understand the support available to them. This is a sustainable and fair package which gives flexibility to institutions and secure support to students, with more support for disadvantaged students.”
Regulations implementing these changes to student support for 2012/13 will be laid in Parliament before the summer recess.
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A Written Ministerial Statement setting out the Higher Education Student Finance Package for the 2013/14 Academic Year was tabled in Parliament today.
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For information on tuition fees, maintenance grants and loans and other student assistance available to students in 2012 and 2013 visit www.direct.gov.uk.
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