50 Park Place, Cathays Park Campus

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Student Funding 2009-10

• 50 Park Place, Cathays Park Campus
• 2nd Floor, Cardigan House, Heath Park Campus

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How will I fund my time at university?

• Student Loan
• Tuition Fee Loan
• Grants
• Additional Funding
• Budgeting

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Key
Welsh students
English students
Scottish students
Northern Irish
EU Students
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Variable Tuition Fees

• Tuition Fee Loan available to all students to pay
  for fees
• Paid directly to the University by Student Loans
  Company
• Student repays after finishing their course

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Variable Tuition Fees

• Annual Flexible fee is 3,225
• UNLESS you normally live in Wales/EU AND study in
  Wales
• Tuition fee grant of 1,940 so max TF loan needed
  is 1,285

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Student Loans
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Student Grants
Learning Grant
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Living Costs 09-10
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Living Costs 09-10
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Additional funding from LEA

• Special Support Grant
• Childcare grant
• Parents Learning Allowance
• Adult Dependants Grant
• Disabled Students Allowance

PN1 form Means-tested
Non means-tested
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How do I repay my loans?

• Tuition fee Maintenance loan are repaid
  depending on your income
• Start repaying once earning more than 15,000
• Payments taken out of your wage by your employer

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Repayment Holiday

• Change for English students in 2008-09
• Graduates have the choice of putting repayments
  on hold for up to 5 years
• From April 2012

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Applying for student funding 09-10

• Form PN1
• Download forms or apply online
• www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance
• Apply Feb 2009 onwards
• www.studentfinancewales.co.uk
• Apply Feb 2009 onwards

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• Additional Funding from Cardiff University

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Cardiff University Bursaries

• Based on household income
• 08-09 figures

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Cardiff University Scholarships

• 3,000 paid over length of degree
• Based on academic merit
• Check on web if department offers Scholarships
• Automatically considered
• Make Cardiff your firm choice (check web for cut
  off date when applying)

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Additional help from Student Support

• Financial Contingency Fund
• Care Leavers
• Emergency Loans
• Educational grants and Trusts

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Student Budget
Average Termly incomings outgoings for student
in Halls Sept June
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How much will I have left per week?
Minus
Figures taken from a Welsh household with an
annual household income of 20,000 Student
funding figures from 2009/10
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Useful web addresses

• www.studentfinanceengland.co.uk
• www.studentfinancewales.co.uk
• www.delni.gov.uk/studentfinance
• www.saas.gov.uk
• www.support4learning.org.uk

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Contact us
50 Park Place, Cathays Park Campus 029 2087
4844 2nd Floor, Cardigan House, Heath Park
Campus 029 2074 2070 studentsupportcentre_at_cardiff
.ac.uk counselling_at_cardiff.ac.uk disability_at_cardif
f.ac.uk dyslexia_at_cardiff.ac.uk www.cardiff.ac.uk