SLC is encouraging prospective students to starting planning their student finance as Student Finance England (SFE) launches its mailing list The full-time, undergraduate application service for the 24/25 academic year is expected to open in March 2024, and by signing up, students will be among the first to receive an email when the application service goes live.
SLC advises students to apply as early as possible for their student finance, even if they don't have a confirmed place on their course. This helps to ensure that their funding is in place at the start of term. Students in England can apply for Tuition Fee Loans to cover their fees and Maintenance Loans to help with their living costs.
Jackie Currie, SLC Executive Director, Operations said: "SLC is committed to enabling opportunity through access to higher and further education, and we want to encourage as many students as possible to apply for student finance early, to ensure they have their funding in place at term start.
"I would like to remind and reassure students that they can apply for student finance even if they don't know what university they are going to attend or the exact course they are going to be on. They should apply using the details of the course they will likely study, and these can be updated later if their plans change. The key message from me is that they should apply as early as they can. This allows us to process the application and, if needed, make any requests
