Student Finance Direct

stuartw101

I got my forms back saying my entitlement for fees etc.

Tuition Fees: £1175 (max)
Higher Education Grant (£1000)
Possible Loans available to me: £3370 (Have not applied for loan)
Grant for Dependants: £0

On another bit of paper for loans it has £0 as i have not applied for anything yet but it says Dependants Grant: £1000. What does this mean?

Also what do i do now? Hope you can help.

Stuart

Does this mean i have to pay this back?

bestpud

I can recommend you ring your local LEA and not the student finance direct helpline that is mentioned on the letters.

I've rang student finance direct three times now, with a different query each time, and they don't seem to know anything, don't deal with anything and tell you to contact your LEA. I really don't know what they are there for!

Not much help sorry but might save you a wasted call.

Helen

ohit

That Grant is a grant. It's free money. You don't have to pay it back. Do what you want with it.

I'd recommend you take the loan though, even if you just put it into a savings account to earn interest.

moped_mark

I asked this question a few months ago when I was dealing with them. The title "dependants Grant" covers all of the grants, including the HE Grant. You will see when you get information from the student Loan Company.

somner

As the others have said, the dependants grant does not need to be paid back, it's yours to keep. Everybody is entitled to at least 75% of the total loan amount (this is the non income assessed loan) and you can also apply for an income assessed loan, which is basically the remaining 25% of the maximum loan available. As you are entitled to the whole £1000 grant then you will certainly be entitled to the 100% of the loan, so thats around £4450. The whole loan is of course repayable.