Student Financial Support
NEWSFLASH!
Newsflash - Student Financial Support for students returning
in September 2012!
If you are planning to return to University next year (2012-13)
to continue with your current programme of Study, then please
read the following information. This has been sent to the
University by the Student Loans Company about Student Finance
England's arrangements for applying for your 2012 student
financial support package.
Continuing students
Are you returning to a full-time course at university or college
in the autumn?
If you applied for student finance that did NOT depend on your
household income last year (ie NON-MEANS-TESTED) you should wait
to hear from Student Finance England as you may not need to
re-apply. SFE will contact you by the end of February 2012.
If you are applying for student finance that depends on your
household income (ie MEANS-TESTED):
• You should re-apply for student finance online at
www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance
• Apply now – the sooner you do, the sooner you’ll get your
finance sorted. The service opened on 14 December 2011 - so you
can do this NOW!
• You must complete your student finance application, including
signing the declaration form, by 29 June 2012.
• You don’t need to send Student Finance England any financial
evidence up front
• SFE will ask for your parents’ or partner’s National Insurance
number and income so that as part of their assessment they can
automatically check your household income details with HM
Revenue & Customs.
• If SFE do need financial evidence to support your application,
they will only ask for copies of documents – you don’t need to
send in originals.
• If you don’t complete your application by 29 June 2012 you may
not get all the money you are entitled to at the start of term
in autumn 2012.
Please note that the Full-time Tuition Fees (Home and EU) for 2012 will be £3,465, and that this is a slightly higher fee than last year. Please make sure you apply to SFE for the right amount - as otherwise you will be personally invoiced for any short-fall.
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Important information for students who have interrupted, or will interrupt, in 2011-12
If you have already interrupted, or have an interruption agreed
in 2011-12 academic year and plan to return from interruption in
September 2012, then you need to be aware of the fees
consequences for when you return. The University has set
out some key information about this, and you should
read this now so that you appreciate what will happen about
your tuition fees when you return in the new academic year.
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The Student Financial Support Administrators are located in Augustine House. They provide the information available on these web pages and offer drop-in sessions for quick queries. For more complex enquiries they offer appointments, these can be booked by contacting the i-zone in the first instance - you can do this by telephoning 01227 782222 or by emailing i-zone@canterbury.ac.uk. The Student Financial Support Administrators offer advice on financial matters to current and prospective students, particularly for their possible eligibility for various strands of funding.
In addition the Student Financial Support Administrators administer the Access to Learning Fund for current registered students who are experiencing financial difficulties.
Watch our
YouTube
videos on student financial problems and see how we can help.
Making an appointment
For information on how to make an appointment and the times for the drop-in sessions follow the 'contact-us' link in the left hand menu.
Students and Income Tax
HM Revenue and Customs has prepared documents on taxation for students, as well as some Top Tips for explaining about tax. Click on the links below to access this information:
Financial Support Questionnaire
Please find the time to give us feedback - either on the information from our web pages, from an appointment or from our email support. Follow the link on the left hand menu to fill out our feedback questionnaire. This will help us improve our services in the future. Many thanks.
