As Universities and colleges are now starting to confirm
their teaching arrangements for the forthcoming academic
year in response to Covid-19, SLC is extending the deadline
for full-time returning students to apply for finance, from
12th June (Wales) and from 19th June (England) to 30th
June.
Derek Ross, Executive Director of Operations at SLC said,
“SLC recognises that students may still be gathering
information on which to base their plans for next year. On
that basis, we want to give them more time to complete
their application before the ‘returner’ deadline.
“The clear advice to returning students is to submit their
funding applications as quickly as possible and by
extending the deadline we are providing students with
valuable additional time. “
While SLC does everything in its power to process all
applications as quickly as possible, more complex cases do
take time. Students submitting late applications may not
receive their full maintenance loan for the start of the
new term. While the basic non income assessed payment will
be made, any additional entitlement will only be paid once
the application and assessment process is completed.
Derek Ross added “Submitting an application as soon as
possible is the only way to ensure funding will be in place
for the start of next term. For maximum peace of mind,
students are encouraged to note the extension to the
deadline and submit their applications as quickly as
possible.”
Applications can be made online at www.gov.uk/student-finance or www.studentfinancewales.com.
Information is also available on Facebook.com/SFEngland and Twitter.com/SF_England or Facebook.com/SF_Wales and Twitter.com/SF_Wales
The student finance deadline for new students has already
passed but for anyone who may have missed it, the advice is
still to get an application in as soon as possible. Even
when someone is not sure of their eventual course,
University or college, new students should apply based on
their first preference, as there is no penalty for
withdrawing an application or amending details later.
Applications can be made online at www.gov.uk/student-finance or www.studentfinancewales.com.
Information is also available on Facebook.com/SFEngland and Twitter.com/SF_England or Facebook.com/SF_Wales and Twitter.com/SF_Wales
