Students: Loans

(asked on 10th October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government under what circumstances a student may currently obtain a loan from the Student Loans Company for the fees for an equivalent level qualification at degree or sub-degree level.


Answered by
Viscount Younger of Leckie Portrait
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 27th October 2016

Students must already hold an honours degree and must be personally eligible for support in order to qualify for a tuition fee loan for an equivalent level qualification.

In addition, they must be studying for a part-time degree in engineering, technology or computer science, and study should be at least 25% intensity of a full-time equivalent course. Graduates entering full-time study must be studying on a graduate entry accelerated medical or dental degree of no more than four years’ duration.

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