Plymouth Graduate Entry Medicine Funding Question

Hello,
I am a BSc biomedical sciences graduate, I plan to apply for Medicine at Plymouth this Autumn but I have a quick question on their entry requirements they have the following statement: "Please note that if you have already completed a degree, you will be unable to access a second student loan through Student Finance England. As such, within the conditions of your offer you will be required to provide evidence that you have funds available to cover tuition costs for the first four years of the programme."
Does this only apply to Tuition fees? So if I was able to cough up the ~£40k tuition fees would I be able to apply for a student loan to help with living costs or would I need to find a way to support myself for the first 4 years of studying?

Hi there, glad to hear you're looking at studying medicine at Plymouth! 😊
Student Finance (both tuition and maintenance loans) have a limit to the amount of undergraduate years you can apply for- I believe this is around 4 years or roughly 1 course length but I'd recommend checking the up-to-date information with Student Finance England, if this is who you have previously taken out loans with. As far as I'm aware, you'd need to support yourself independently without student loan for both the tuition and maintenance (living costs) aspects. But, again, I'd recommend reaching out to SFE for the current guidance on this.
It's also worth checking out any scholarships, grants, or other funding schemes as these could support you throughout the course. Postgraduate student loans are a separate loan to the undergraduate ones too so if you were to study a postgraduate course instead then you would be eligible for this support but if you are set on studying undergraduate medicine then this wouldn't be available.
Best of luck and if you have any more questions, feel free to reach out! 😄
-Alfie, University of Plymouth Undergraduate Student Rep

Hi,
Thank you so much for your detailed reply. I actually did some more research and found out those who take Medicine as a 2nd degree (non-GEM) are not entitled to tuition fees but they are can get the maintenance-loan. Just wanted to post this so anyone in my position in the future can see this. 🙂