Tips on applying for student support

Apply even if you don't want to take any financial help at the moment – you'll be registered on the system.This makes it easier if your circumstances change and you find you need the money. It also helps determine your fee status at your University.

Remember to:

Check the deadlines for applying for support. Keep to them if you want your money on time.
Read the application form (and any notes) thoroughly before completing it.
Make sure you provide all the information for which you are asked.
Make sure you're claiming everything you might be entitled to by completing the relevant parts of the application form and completing any
additional forms that may be required e.g. for help with childcare costs.
Always use your full name as it appears on your birth certificate or passport on any official forms, bank accounts etc. and stick to it.
Find your National Insurance Number (NINO) or get one as soon as possible – otherwise your student loan will be delayed or not paid at all. If you have difficulty in obtaining a NINO, or don't know how to get one, speak to your University's Advice Service to find out what to do.
Open a bank account. If you change your bank account during your course let your student awarding body know as soon as possible. Otherwise your money may not end up in the right place.
If you want to be considered for the Access Agreement Bursaries/Welsh Bursary Scheme make sure you, and whoever’s income is being assessed for your award, complete the relevant boxes on the student finance application forms (or sign the form which will be sent to you by SAAS if you live in Scotland) allowing information to be passed to your University.
Always apply for the Fees Only NHS Bursary to get your tuition fees paid. You don’t have to apply for the Full NHS Bursary, which covers income-assessed living cost support, if you don’t want to.
It is also worth checking the Student Finance websites relevant to you on a regular basis to see if there are any changes afoot.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO LET YOUR AWARD MAKING BODY KNOW OF ANY CHANGE IN YOUR CONTACT DETAILS SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

Tuition Fees Loans, Fee Grants and the NHS Fee Bursary are paid directly to your University.

All eligible students are entitled to some non-income assessed support.

But if you don’t supply any income details you’ll not receive any income-assessed financial support - this means not only maintenance grants, bursaries and the income-assessed part of the student loan but travel and placement expenses as well.

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