Recent Message from Student Finance England - deadline 26 May

If you work with students who are starting university or college in 2017/18, it’s time to remind them that the deadline to apply for student finance is 26 May 2017.

Students who don’t apply before this date might not get their money in time for the start of their course, so encourage them to apply now in three easy steps.

Register online It’s quick and easy to apply online at www.gov.uk/studentfinance Fill in the application They don’t need a confirmed place. They should apply using their preferred choice of course and simply change the details online later if they need to. Print, sign and return the declaration form We can’t pay them until they do! Before they send it to us, they should check that they’ve signed their full name and used the current date – not their date of birth. Any mistakes could delay their application.

If they’ve already started their application online, remind them to log back into their student finance account now and finish it before the deadline.

For everything students need to know about student finance, they should visit SFE’s student finance zone on The Student Room.

There’s also a range of resources for you on the practitioner website that give more information about what students can get, how they apply and what evidence they need to complete their application.

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