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SFE’s application service launches for 25/26 academic year
2025 to 2026: SFE full-time undergraduate student finance applications are now open
SLC announces 12 new Glasgow apprenticeships during Scottish Apprenticeship Week
Students from England can sign up to our mailing list to be told when full-time undergraduate applications open.
£3.2bn in maintenance loan payments sent to nation’s students
David Thomson, Head of Operational Readiness and Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for the DSA Transformation Programme.
The Department for Education (DfE) and Welsh Government has today confirmed the Postgraduate Income Contingent Student Loans repayment threshold to apply from 6 April 2025.
Tuition fees to rise in line with inflation, helping put universities on a secure footing alongside inflation-linked lift to maintenance loans.
Student Loans Company improves online customer experience with introduction of new digital refund service.
By Jackie Currie, SLC Executive Director, Business Operations
Students from England can use their online account to get their questions answered.
Find out how students can check their payments or track the progress of their application and estimated review date.
SLC pays £0.9 billion in first term Maintenance Loan payments to students today.
Student Loans Company provides student advice at start of 24/25 academic year
The Department for Education (DfE), the Welsh Government and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland (DfE NI) has today confirmed a change to the Plan 1 student loan interest rate.
By Jackie Currie, Executive Director, Customer Operations at SLC
Jackie Currie, SLC Executive Director, Customer Operations, provides advice on Clearing and student finance on A-level results day.
The Department for Education today (13 August 2024) confirmed annual updates to interest rates and repayment thresholds for undergraduate Income Contingent Student Loans, interest rates for postgraduate loans, and the intere…
The Department for Education (DfE) and the Welsh Government has today confirmed a change to the maximum Plan 2, Plan 5 and Postgraduate (PG) loan interest rates for August 2024.
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