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The
UK Parliament decided that from 2006 UK and EU students entering higher
education will no longer have to pay university tuition fees while they
study. Instead the fees are paid back once the student has graduated
and is earning over £15,000.
Like most universities, Bedfordshire will charge £3,375 for honours degrees and £3,375 for foundation degrees.
You
could receive up to £6,755 of financial support from the University of
Bedfordshire, depending on your circumstances. This is in the form of
bursaries and scholarships.
Once you have made an application through www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance, you will be notified as to whether you are eligible to receive a tuition fee loan. If you are eligible, the tuition fees will be paid by the Student Loan Company, directly to the University on your behalf.
You will only have to start paying your fees back once you have graduated or left university and are
earning a salary of £15,000 or more. If you choose to live and work
abroad after graduating, the repayment threshold may vary.
Interest will be charged at the rate of inflation, so you will not pay back more, in real terms than you borrowed.
Your loan repayments will be nine per cent of anything you earn over £15,000. So, if you are earning the average graduate starting salary of £18,000, your repayments will be nine percent of £3,000, which works out as roughly £5.19 per week.
No! As you start earning more your repayments will increase, helping to pay off the fees and, after 25 years the debt is cleared regardless of how much you have paid back. It is expected that most people will have cleared their debts after 13 years.
There
is a lot of financial support available to you both from the Government
and the University. See the funding pages for further information about what support is available to you.
The
University of Bedfordshire has a dedicated Job Shop at the Luton campus
designed to help you find the right part-time job to fit around your
studies. On average, students can expect a part-time job to involve 20
hours per week, at approximately £6 per hour. There are many
opportunities for part-time work in and around Luton and Bedford, in
areas such as retail and entertainment, or within the University or
Students' Union.
Students
coming to study an undergraduate degree from other EU countries will
pay the same as home students here in the UK. Students from outside the
EU pay the University’s international fee.
If
you decide to study part-time or at postgraduate level you will need to
pay the course fees up front. These fees vary depending on the course
being studied.
