Please note the following Financial FAQs are for 2011 entry and should also only be seen as a guide.
You will not be eligible for tuition fee support if you have received LEA funding in the past. Tuition fees must be paid in full by yourself or a sponsor. You will however be eligible to apply for a non-means tested Student Loan throughout the first four years of the degree.
For the first four years of this degree you apply for help with tuition fees and grants through the usual channel for higher education, your Local Education Authority. In addition to this you are entitled to apply for a student loan for each of the first four years of study.
In the fifth year you may be entitled to a NHS means-tested bursary and help with tuition fees up to a maximum of £9000 for eligible first-time students entering in 2012/2013. With the bursary you may also be entitled to apply for a reduced rate student loan (50% of the full loan entitlement for final-year students). The basic bursary rate for 2008/9 was £2,739 (living outside parental home) and £2,287 (living in parental home).
You are entitled to another NHS bursary even if you have received one in the past; as long as the previous subject you studied is different from the one you are applying for now. You cannot receive a NHS bursary for studying a subject you have already studied and received a bursary for.
You are entitled to apply for a full student loan in years one to four of this degree. In year five you may be entitled to a NHS bursary and help with your fees. You may also be entitled to apply for a reduced rate of student loan, the level of which is 50% of the full entitlement for a final year student.
