Financial support for undergraduate UK and EU students: 2014-2015

You don't pay for tuition up front. The government will provide a loan to cover your full tuition charges. You or your parents don't have to contribute anything now – you start to pay them back yourself once you graduate and are earning at least £25,000 a year.

Eligible part-time students also have access to loans for tuition fees. They won't have to pay upfront as long as it's their first degree.

To apply for a tuition fee loan please contact Student Finance England.

Repaying your loan

With effect from 6 April 2018, repayments will be 9% of any income above £25,000. The amount you repay each month will depend on your earnings. Examples of monthly repayments for loans covering tuition and living costs:

Salary	Monthly Repayments
£25,000	£0
£27,000	£15
£29,500	£33
£31,000	£45
£33,000	£60
£35,000	£75
£40,000	£112

 

Repayments will be deducted automatically from your pay packet. All outstanding repayments will be written off after 30 years.

This scheme is open to full-time degree students on £9,250 courses, whose commencing year of study is 2014.

If your household income is below £25,000 then a bursary can help towards your living costs. Our bursary scheme is available to qualifying students for each year of their studies and does not need to be paid back. It is available to all eligible UK students who are in receipt of an HE maintenance grant.

How much will the bursary be?

The Brookes Bursary is determined using the same residual family income calculation that is used by the Student Loans Company to work out the amount of HE maintenance grant you receive. The amount of the Brookes Bursary will vary according to the year in which you join your course at the University.

Household income	Bursary (Year 1)	Bursary (Years 2 & 3)
£0 - £4,999	£4,000	£2,000
£5,000 - £9,999	£4,000	£2,000
£10,000 - £14,999	£3,500	£1,500
£15,000 - £19,999	£2,500	£1,000
£20,000 - £24,999	£2,500	£1,000

 

The bursary will be paid in three instalments during the Academic Year in November (25%), February (25%) and April (50%).

You must be in full time attendance at the University on certain dates throughout the academic year to be eligible for each bursary payment.

Applying

You don't need to apply - we will know if you are eligible from your means test for the HE maintenance grant. You must be in receipt of the maintenance grant for that year. All eligible students who have not opted out of the "consent to share" part of their SLC student support application will automatically be assessed for a bursary.

Please note you must be means tested by the end of the academic year to be entitled to claim your bursary for the current academic year. Students who consent to share their information, or who are means tested after the end of an academic year are no longer eligible to receive the previous year's bursary.

If you are a care leaver and are considering undergraduate study at Oxford Brookes there is a lot of additional support that the University can offer you.

Oxford Brookes are proud to have been awarded the Quality Mark for Care Leavers by Buttle UK, which recognises the support we offer to care leavers applying to study at Oxford Brookes.

If you are already eligible for a HE Maintenance Grant from the Student Loans Company and have been in care since the age of fourteen - you may be eligible for the Transition from Care Bursary of £2,000 a year.

Guaranteed Accommodation

All care leavers are entitled to guaranteed accommodation in our halls of residence, Cheney Student Village for 50 weeks as long as the following criteria are met:

• Oxford Brookes must be selected as your firm choice on your UCAS form
• All university course entry requirements are met and you have received an unconditional offer.

To find out more about halls of residence and other accommodation available please visit our accommodation pages.

Student Support

There is an excellent support system available to students that have been in care, for example Upgrade which is an advice service regarding any problems you may be having with your studies. More information on support can be found at:

• Learning support
• Personal wellbeing
• Careers support
• Brookes Union Advice Service

How to Apply

When filling in your UCAS application form, you will need to indicate that you are a care leaver. From there, we can take the steps to help you with the support you need. If you have already applied and not declared that you are a care leave please contact Diane Harrison on +44 (0) 1865 484652 to establish your eligibility for a bursary and guaranteed accommodation.

The Transition from Care Bursary will be paid in two equal instalments in November 2018 and February 2019.

Grants (which you do not pay back) and loans (which you do pay back) are available from the government to help with living costs. Please see the Student Finance England website for more details.

The University has a long and successful history of supporting students who find themselves in unexpected hardship during their studies. Please visit our Financial Aid page for details of support available.

In 2014-15 a free BrookesKey bus pass will be offered to full-time undergraduate students that are:

• on a course with a fee of £9,250 or more

or

• living in an Oxford Brookes hall of residence.

The free BrookesKey pass is also available to international students (new and continuing) who are on courses with fees of £9,250 or more.

The cost of a mandatory field trip is included in your course fee

Optional field trip costs are not included and a separate fee will apply. Please contact the relevant Faculty for more information about these charges.