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Student Funding 2011/12 entrants

Student Funding 2011/12 entrants. What do we do?. Advice and Guidance Financial support Counselling Disability and Dyslexia service How do we do it? Independent Confidential Accessible. Where. 50 Park Place, Cathays Park & 2 nd floor, Cardigan House, Heath Park. Drop-in

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Student Funding 2011/12 entrants

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  1. Student Funding 2011/12 entrants

  2. What do we do? • Advice and Guidance • Financial support • Counselling • Disability and Dyslexia service How do we do it? • Independent • Confidential • Accessible

  3. Where 50 Park Place, Cathays Park & 2nd floor, Cardigan House, Heath Park • Drop-in • Appointments • Phone calls • Emails • Talks and workshops • Self-help FAQs, DVDs, website

  4. How will I fund my time at university? • Student Loan • Tuition Fee Loan • Grants • Additional Funding • Budgeting

  5. Variable Tuition Fees 11-12 • Annual Flexible fee is £3,375 for 2011/12 • Tuition Fee Loan available to all eligible students – paid direct to University • Student repays after finishing their course

  6. Living costs

  7. Gap Year 2011/12 • New tuition fees proposed by government • Gap year students starting in 2012/13 will come under new funding arrangements • See funding websites later in year for details

  8. Figures for 2011 entrants

  9. Figures for 2011 Entrants

  10. Applying for student funding

  11. Apply online – Student Finance Wales Register and enter your details to create a new online account, then apply for funding

  12. Apply online – Student Finance England Register a new account and parents can “support” an application by entering financial information

  13. Repaying your student loans • Tuition fee & Maintenance loan repaid together • Once earning over £15,000 • Interest rate linked to inflation (1.5% 10 -11)

  14. Additional Funding • Available in addition to loan/grant • Depends on student’s circumstances • Non repayable Dependents Disability/Dyslexia Children/ Adults Extra costs of study Means-testedNon means-tested

  15. Cardiff University Bursary Bursaries of up to £600 for Welsh students have been incorporated into the Assembly Learning Grant.

  16. Additional funding at Cardiff • Care Leaver’s bursary • Scholarships • Scholarships for Welsh speakers studying some credits through medium of Welsh • Emergency Loans • Financial Contingency Fund • Educational grants and Trusts

  17. Student Budget Average weekly incomings & outgoings for student in Halls Sept – June

  18. How much will I have left per week? Figures taken from a Welsh household with an annual household income of £25,000 Student funding figures from 2011/12

  19. Money Doctors “The Money Doctor’s initiative at Cardiff University is part of a national project aiming to improve students' financial capability, led by the Consumer Financial Education Body”

  20. Money Doctor’s Initiatives • Cardiff University Student Support iApp • Budgeting Sessions • Taste Test • Basket Challenge • Energy Efficiency • Recycle Christmas

  21. Useful web addresses www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance www.studentfinancewales.co.uk www.delni.gov.uk/studentfinance www.saas.gov.uk Check for updates on student funding and apply online

  22. Contact us 50 Park Place, Cathays Park Campus 029 2087 4844 2nd Floor, Cardigan House, Heath Park Campus 029 2074 2070 studentsupportcentre@cardiff.ac.uk counselling@cardiff.ac.uk disability@cardiff.ac.uk dyslexia@cardiff.ac.uk www.cardiff.ac.uk/studentsupport

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