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Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study (courses up to 6 months), medical treatment and other activities. Find out whether you need a Standard Visitor visa, or can visit without a visa.
You can visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study…
You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to do the following business…
You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to: study at an accredited…
If you’re a scientist, researcher or academic you can: take part in formal…
You can visit the UK for certain paid engagements or events (a ‘permitted…
You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to: have private medical treatment…
You may visit the UK if you’re under 18 and: you’ve made suitable…
If you need a Standard Visitor visa, you must apply online before you…
You may be able to extend your stay if you have permission to be in the UK…
Student finance - student loans or student grants for tuition fees and living costs, extra help, student loan repayments.
You may be able to borrow money to help pay for university or college…
You can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan and Maintenance Loan if your course…
What you’re eligible for depends on when your course starts. If your…
You may be able to get a loan if your part-time course has a ‘course…
Check on the student finance calculator to see what extra help you might…
Whether you qualify for student finance depends on: your university or…
Find out how to apply for student finance. Parents or partners of students…
You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.
Apply for a Student visa to study in the UK if you're 16 or over - eligibility, extend or switch your visa, how much it costs and how long it takes
The home of Student Loans Company on GOV.UK. We are a non-profit making government-owned organisation that administers loans and grants to students in colleges and universities in the UK.
The following assistance is available to education institutions that hold a Student or Child Student route licence.
Use the sponsor management system - employers sponsoring Worker and Temporary Worker visa holders
This report explores the experiences and activities of international students and university sponsors accessing the Sponsored Study visa route.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.…
Study of effective practice in supporting students studying for a qualification at level 1 or below in post-16 institutions.
Your student finance online account - check payment dates, track an application, change details, reset password, find customer reference numbers
Apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, to study certain subjects in the UK.
The paper provides estimates of the proportions of non-EEA students required to apply for visas.
This study aimed to identify the pathways, intentions and relevant perceptions of (non-UK) European Union (EU) students entering English higher education.…
Get a postgraduate master's loan to help fund a full-time or part-time master's degree: find out if you're eligible and how much you can get.
Recognised bodies, listed bodies, recognised universities, accredited higher learning institutions, bogus degrees
Apply to study English language in the UK with a Short-term study visa. Check fees, eligibility, documents you need and how to apply.
Travel grants for students including medical and dental students - travel costs, Erasmus placements, how to apply, eligibility, travel expenses forms.
Apply for a Child Student visa to study in the UK if you're under 18 - eligibility, documents, how to apply, extend or switch, how long it takes and how much it costs
The Skilled Worker route is for employers to recruit people to work in the UK, including in UK waters, in a specific job. A Skilled Worker must have a job offer in an eligible skilled occupation from a Home Office-approved s…
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