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Student finance - student loans or student grants for tuition fees and living costs, extra help, student loan repayments.
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Tuition fees to rise in line with inflation, helping put universities on a secure footing alongside inflation-linked lift to maintenance loans.
Information about changes to undergraduate tuition fees and student support arrangements in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
How higher education (HE) providers can implement the HE tuition fee cap for classroom-based foundation years in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Student finance calculator - get a quick estimate of what student loans, grants, bursaries and other funding you could get - for full-time, part-time and EU students
Check if VAT is due on payments linked to private school fees and find out what you can reclaim VAT on.
If you're an education provider, check if and when you need to register for VAT to prepare for VAT being chargeable on school and boarding fees.
If you're going back to university after studying previously or you're repeating a year, this can affect your student finance.
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