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

50 Park Place, Cathays Park Campus 2nd Floor, Cardigan House, Heath Park Campus. Student Funding 2009-10. How will I fund my time at university?. Student Loan Tuition Fee Loan Grants Additional Funding Budgeting. Key. Welsh students. English students. Northern Irish.

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

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  1. 50 Park Place, Cathays Park Campus 2nd Floor, Cardigan House, Heath Park Campus Student Funding 2009-10

  2. How will I fund my time at university? • Student Loan • Tuition Fee Loan • Grants • Additional Funding • Budgeting

  3. Key Welsh students English students NorthernIrish Scottish students EU Students

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Student Loans

  7. Student Grants Learning Grant

  8. LivingCosts 09-10

  9. Living Costs 09-10

  10. Additional funding from LEA • Special Support Grant • Childcare grant • Parent’s Learning Allowance • Adult Dependant’s Grant • Disabled Student’s Allowance – PN1 form Means-tested Non means-tested

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Additional Funding from Cardiff University

  15. Cardiff University Bursaries Based on household income *08-09 figures

  16. 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)

  17. Additional help from Student Support • Financial Contingency Fund • Care Leavers • Emergency Loans • Educational grants and Trusts

  18. Student Budget Average Termly incomings & outgoings for student in Halls Sept – June

  19. 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

  20. Useful web addresses www.studentfinanceengland.co.uk www.studentfinancewales.co.uk www.delni.gov.uk/studentfinance www.saas.gov.uk www.support4learning.org.uk

  21. Contact us 50 Park Place, Cathays Park Campus 029 2087 4844 2nd Floor, Cardigan House, Heath Park Campus 029 2074 2070 studentsupportcentre@cardiff.ac.uk counselling@cardiff.ac.uk disability@cardiff.ac.uk dyslexia@cardiff.ac.uk www.cardiff.ac.uk

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