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Funding and finance for students

Policy papers and consultations

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  • Information about changes to undergraduate tuition fees and student support arrangements in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.

  • Find out what the LLE is and how this new post-18 student-finance system will work from academic year 2026 to 2027.

  • Call for evidence to help improve non-medical help provision for disabled students in higher education.

  • This paper sets out the UK Government’s response to the Public Body Review of scholarship programmes that the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office funds.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Equality analysis of how proposals to reform the further education (FE) funding and accountability systems may affect groups with particular protected characteristics.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Seeking views on a lifelong loan entitlement for use on modular or full-time study at higher technical and degree levels, in higher and further education providers.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Analysis of how changes made to student finance regulations for the 2023 to 2024 academic year will affect specific protected groups.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Analysis of how changes made to student finance regulations for the 2022 to 2023 academic year will affect specific protected groups.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Analysis of how changes made to student finance regulations for the 2021 to 2022 academic year will affect specific protected groups.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • As part of Budget 2020, the government conducted an internal review of the student loan sale programme, in consultation with the Department for Education and UK Government Investments.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • We’d like your views on proposals to improve the match between discretionary bursary allocations and the needs of students.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Information on healthcare education funding for postgraduates, dental hygiene and dental therapy students.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Analysis to consider the effect of the postgraduate master’s loans policy on protected and disadvantaged groups.

    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Analysis of the potential impact of the proposed postgraduate doctoral loan scheme on specific protected groups.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Analysis of the effect that the part-time maintenance loan will have on those studying part-time higher education courses.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • We'd like your views on the proposed loan for doctoral study.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • We'd like your views on the proposed loan for part-time undergraduate students.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Changes to healthcare education funding for student nursing, midwifery and related health students.

    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • We're seeking your views on proposals to introduce maintenance loans for higher-level learners in technical and professional education.

    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • We're seeking views on proposals to introduce loans for postgraduate taught master's degrees and to improve support for research students.