50 Park Place, Cathays Park Campus

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Student Funding 2010/11 entrants

• 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

• Annual Flexible fee is 3,290 for 2010/11
• Tuition Fee Loan available to all students to pay
  for fees paid direct to University
• Student repays after finishing their course

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Living costs
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Changes 2010 Entrants

• Loans and Grants continue
• Increase max ALG to 5000 offset by loan to
  reduce indebtedness
• Tuition fee grant only for continuing students
  or
• Gap year 09 -10? If place confirmed in writing by
  1st August 2009 remain in 2009-10 cohort
• www.studentfinancewales.co.uk

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Figures for 2010 Entrants
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Figures for 2010 Entrants
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Additional Funding

• Available in addition to loan/grant
• Depends on students circumstances
• Non repayable

Dependents Disability/Dyslexia Children/
Adults Extra costs of study Means-tested Non
means-tested
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Applying for student funding

• Form PN1
• Download forms or apply online
• www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance
• www.studentfinancewales.co.uk
• When? Awaiting date (around Dec 2009).
• Check above websites for news nearer the time

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Repaying your student loans

• Tuition fee Maintenance loan repaid together
• Once earning over 15,000
• Repayment holiday up to 2 years
• 1500 debt write off (10
  -11entrants)
• Interest rate linked to inflation

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Cardiff University Bursaries

• Based on household income
• N.B Figs 09 -10

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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 2010/11
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Useful web addresses

• www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance
• 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/s
tudentsupport