As soon as you decide to come to College you should apply for the funding available from the Government. If you’re starting your course after August 2010, you need to apply on line - go to www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance and follow the links. Paper applications are available, to order telephone 0845 300 5090 and ask for a PN1 form. In order to have your funding in place by the time you come to College, you need to apply for your funding no later than 25 June 2010.
If you started your course between August 2009 and August 2010, you can re-apply for your funding from 28 January 2010.
Continuing students who started their course before August 2009 should be contacted by their local education authorities.
Available funding includes:
* Eligibility criteria applies
To find out how much you may get, use the Student Finance Calculator at http://www.studentfinance.direct.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=153,4680136&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL.