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Student finance - student loans or student grants for tuition fees and living costs, extra help, student loan repayments.
You may be eligible for student finance to help you study at university or…
You may be eligible for student finance including: a Tuition Fee Loan to…
You can apply for: a Tuition Fee Loan to help pay your course tuition fees…
What you’re eligible for depends on when your course starts. If your…
If your part-time course has a ‘course intensity’ of 25% or more, you may…
You may be able to get extra financial help, for example, if you’re: on a…
Find out how to apply for student finance. Parents or partners of students…
Sign in to your student loan repayment account - check your balance, make regular or one-off repayments, or let SLC know if your details have changed.
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.
You need to pay back: Tuition Fee Loans Maintenance Loans for living costs…
When you start repaying your loan and how much you repay depends on your…
You’ll only repay your student loan when your income is over the threshold…
How much you repay depends on your income - the amount you earn (including…
Your repayments will be taken out of your salary at the same time as tax…
You can choose to make extra repayments towards your student loan. These…
You can ask for a refund if: you’ve paid more than the total amount you…
When your student loan gets written off depends on which repayment plan…
You need to update your details if you: leave the UK for more than 3…
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 .
Student finance for most undergraduate and some postgraduate and further education courses starting on or after 1 January 2027. Information about student loans, grants and extra funding to help cover course tuition fees and living costs.
Statistics series providing information on student loan outlays, repayments and borrower activity for students studying in higher education (HE) and further education (FE) in the UK and EU.
Guidance on making employees' student loan and postgraduate loan deductions in different circumstances.
The Department for Education today 10 August 2026 confirmed annual updates to interest rates for undergraduate and postgraduate Income Contingent Student Loans, repayment thresholds for Plan 1 Income Contingent Student Loans, and the interest rates and deferment threshold for Mortgage...
This series brings together all documents relating to Higher education student loans
Student loans collections specification for payroll software developers.
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