We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.
1. Action: Submit your actual subcontracting declaration for the 2025 to…
Apply for student finance and manage your account online.
26/27 SFE full-time undergraduate student finance applications are now open.
31 Malaysians have returned home after completing their postgraduate studies in the UK under the Chevening Awards Programme.
Student Finance England mailing list launches for 26/27 academic year
The Department for Education (DfE) has announced that Gary Page has been appointed Chair of the Student Loans Company (SLC).
Social work students to receive targeted financial support, under plans set out in a consultation launched by the government today (6 February 2026).
Applications are now open for SLC's Autumn 2026 Graduate Programme.
As student finance maintenance payments are due to be paid in January, the Student Loans Company (SLC) is reminding students to remain vigilant of scams designed to steal personal and financial information.
The Department for Education today (26 November 2025) confirmed annual updates to repayment thresholds for Plan 2 and Plan 3 Income Contingent Student Loans.
SLC has received more than 1.1 million refund requests through its Digital Refund Service, which offers a self-serve route for customers to request Below Threshold refunds.
Post-16 education and skills white paper to boost opportunity for disadvantaged students, hold universities to account and put sector on firm financial footing.
The Student Loans Company (SLC) has paid over £5bn in first term Maintenance and Tuition Fee Loan payments.
Disadvantaged students studying priority courses will benefit from extra financial support to access and excel in higher education.
25 Filipino scholars head to UK universities under Chevening and ASEAN–UK SAGE scholarships, marking a milestone in UK–Philippines education ties.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).