Starting again

How would student finance work if I was to restart uni at a different place doing a different course?
Would I be entitled to anything?

Hi ImNicerThanYou,

Firstly, can you confirm how may years of study that you have previously undertaken and what is the name of the new course and university that you now wish to study at ?

Thanks

Louise

I am in the first year studying human biology. I would like to study something similar elsewhere.

Hi ImNicerThanYou,

When calculating Student Finance, we take the length of your new course, plus 1 additional year, minus any previous years of study. This means that you would be fully funded for the new course but if you had to repeat a year you wouldn't get the tuition fee loan.


To give you an example, if the new course is 3 years long, the calculation would be:

New course (3)+1-previous study (1)= 3 years of funding for the new course.

I hope this information helps.

Kind regards,

John.

So the optional placement year is not possible for me?

Hi ImNicerThanYou,

When calculating Student Finance, we take the length of your new course, plus 1 additional year, minus any previous years of study. This means that you would be fully funded for the new course but if you had to repeat a year you wouldn't get the tuition fee loan.

To give you an example, if the new course is 3 years long, the calculation would be:

New course (3)+1-previous study (1)= 3 years of funding for the new course.

I hope this information helps.

Kind regards,

John.

So the potential of postgraduate study is out of the question?

Hi ImNicerThanYou,

There are different types of funding depending on which postgraduate course you wish to study and the level of qualification that you will gain

Is it something in particular you would like to do after you gain your degree?

Thanks Rona

A masters degree

A masters degree