I live in England 08/09

Fees

• You won’t have to pay any tuition fees before you start your course or while you are studying.
• You may apply for a student loan for fees which is non income-assessed for the first four years of your course.
• You can do this, even if you started your course before 2006/07, and you were, or are, assessed to pay all or part of your fees. The  income-assessed fee grant of up to £1255 remains. 
• In your fifth and later years your fees will be paid in full by the NHS Student Grants Unit.

Living costs

For the first four years, depending on your personal circumstances, you may be eligible to apply for:

Maintenance Grant(2006/07 onwards)
Higher Education Grant (if you started before 2006/07)
Special Support Grant(2006/07 onwards)
Student Loan for maintenance
Long Courses Loan(2008/09 starters onwards) 
AdultDependants’Grant                                                                  ChildcareGrant                                                                                                    Travel Costs
Disabled Students’ Allowances        
Parents' Learning Allowance

 

In the fifth and later years of your course, depending on your personal circumstances, you may be eligible to apply to the NHS Student Grants Unit for living cost support:

NHS Bursary
Additional Weeks Allowance
Student Loan for Maintenance (apply to LA)
Childcare Allowances
Dependants’ Allowance
Disabled Students’ Allowances
Hardship Grant
Two Homes Grant
Practice Placement Expenses
Parents' Learning Allowance/Single Parent Addition/Older Students' Allowance (depending on year of entry)

Many of these grants are similar to those you may have received during the first four years of your course but there are also additional allowances depending on when you started your course.

• Look at the NHS Student Grants Unit website and follow the links for Support for Students and then the link for Medical and Dental degree students. You'll find full information about the basic living cost support available to you. Then look under the Additional Allowances section.  Check to see if any of them apply to you.
      

What other financial help might I get?

• Access agreement bursaries(2006 – 07 entry onwards). See the Bursary map website for English Universities.
• Access to Learning Fund.
• University Funds – some Universities have their own Hardship Funds Check your University’s website to see what is available.
• Child tax credit.
• Working tax credit.
• Welfare Benefits. 

To find out more about the individual grants/loans check the A-Z Index and Glossary link.