Applications for Student Finance, Tuition Fee Loans and Tuition Fee Grants Awarded in Wales – Update, Month Ending June 2007

From 2006/07 loans to cover the cost of tuition fees became available for students.  This means that tuition fee payment can be deferred until students have left higher education and are earning over £15,000.  New system Welsh and EU domiciled students studying in Wales (i.e. those entering under the new support arrangements introduced in September 2006) were subject to tuition fees of £1,200.   Welsh domiciled students studying in England were subject to variable tuition fees of up to £3,000.  From 2007/08 fees of up to £3,070 are being introduced in Wales affecting new system students who started their courses from 2006/07 onwards.  New system Welsh domiciled students who choose to study in Wales will be eligible to a tuition fee grant (non-repayable) of up to £1,845 dependent on the institution they attend.

This headline statistics presents the latest Student Loans Company management information on the take-up of both tuition fee loans and grants.

Position at the end of June 2007

• In the 2007/08 academic year to date, a total of 22,890 applications had been received for student support in Wales.
• 14,090 applications had been received for tuition fee loans; 7,940 students had been awarded a tuition fee grant.

Contact:
Tel: 029 2082 1514
E-mail: he.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website.

Next Update:
9 August 2007
More detailed information on student support during the 2006/07 and 2007/08 academic year will be available in a provisional Statistical First Release published by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in November 2007.

Associated previous Release:
Statistical release SLC SFR 04/2006 presented information on student support applications during 2006/07 (provisional).