University Grant

[Myriad2112]

I need help please. My son will be leaving college next year and they are being encouraged to apply for uni places. Could someone tell me how the grant system works and who and when I approach to apply? I have no idea where to start. Thanks you. Bewildered in Buckingham.

[lcg]

go to the gov.uk website and it will tell you what you need to be doing and who you need to talk/apply to. the info is only a few clicks away.....don't panic! x

[Myriad2112]

Thank you Icg. I will go and have a look x

[factor-fiction]

This should help.
Rather than a grant it'll be a loan, although a small grant may be available too if your household income is low
http://www.slc.co.uk/

[EDDIE51]

Move to Scotland, university education is free there , will cost £10,000 to £25,000 to get a degree here. You have to repay the LOAN grants went out years ago.

[Myriad2112]

Funny you should say that Eddie. He's thinking about going to St Andrews. Do you get a discount just for being in Scotland? ... Ignore that, it was a silly question.

[Myriad2112]

ps. Thanks Factor, I will get onto them right away.

[EDDIE51]

As i understand St Andrews is one of the higher cost Uni's for English people someone has to pay for all the free Scots places.

[factor-fiction]

If he's English and goes to St Andrews he will have to take a student loan to cover the fees of £9000 pa. (He'll also need a student maintenance loan to cover some of his living costs)
However if he were a non-English EU student his tuition fees would be paid for him.
The system seems to be a mess to me

[EDDIE51]

What is to stop someone from using a Scottish address as their home and applying for a free place? Is there a residency time requirement?

[murraymints]

Because his school records will show England...

[EDDIE51]

People move, what if the family were waiting until he finished school to complete the move, or he went to school in England? That must happen a lot as Scots people send their kids to English boarding schools and what about the border areas? lots of kids live in Scotland but go to school in England and vice versa there?

[murraymints]

But that wouldn't be a normal domicilary address. Consideration would likely be given to how long they had been there.