Jackie Currie, Executive Director, Customer Operations: As we
welcome 2025, students are staring to receive maintenance loan
payments from SLC.
During the month of January, we expect to pay out £3.2bn to 1.3m
students, with approximately £2bn already been paid so far this
year. These payments include second instalments to students who
started their courses in Autumn 2024, but also first term
payments to those learners whose studies are beginning in
January. Students can check their payment dates by logging
into their online accounts and viewing
their payment information.
As always, we are already looking ahead to important milestones
in 2025. In February, tuition fee payments will be made to
universities and colleges, and during the spring we will open our
student finance applications for the 25/26 academic year.
For any prospective student who is thinking about applying for
student finance in the 25/26 academic year, my advice is to
submit your student finance application as soon as our service is
open. Even if you don't have a confirmed place at university, or
are still unsure of your plan, it's a simple process to update
these details on an approved application. Our goal is to have as
many students ready to pay as possible at the start of the
academic year, and while September may seem like a long time
away, it will be here before we know it.
