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Think carefully before you borrow money for your company.

• Updated: 7 July 2023

How to tax a beneficial loan arrangement for a director or employee.

• Updated: 30 December 2019

Get a postgraduate doctoral 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.

• Overview

  A Postgraduate Doctoral Loan can help with course fees and living costs…

• What you'll get

  You can get up to: £30,301 if your course starts on or after 1 August 2025…

• Eligibility

  Whether you qualify depends on: your course your age your nationality or…

• How to apply

  You can apply now for courses that start or started in the following…

• Extra help

  You may qualify for other funding, for example grants from charities or…

• Further information

  You can learn more about the Postgraduate Doctoral Loan at the Student…

Loans and mentoring for people looking to start or grow a business in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

We are a non-profit making government-owned organisation that administers loans and grants to students in colleges and universities in the UK. SLC is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Education .

• Updated: 23 June 2023

Find out more information on calculations for the taxation of beneficial loan arrangements.

• Updated: 30 December 2019

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing loans to employees

Find out about loans that count as qualifying loans.

• Updated: 30 December 2019

This series brings together all documents relating to Higher education student loans

• Updated: 6 December 2012

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.