Student grants to increase

Fri, 15 Apr 2011

Students will see a slight increase in maintenance grants next year, the government has said.

David Willetts, the universities and science minister, has announced maintenance grants will be increased for existing undergraduates at the start of the 2012/13 academic year - the first increase in maintenance in three years.

Meanwhile, maintenance grant loan levels for particular groups of undergraduates - such as those living away from home and studying in London and those living at home while studying- will be entitled to tuition loans on the same basis as full-time students for the first time.

The minister also unveiled plans to double the size of loans available for undergraduates who attend private universities, who will now be entitled to borrow up to £6,000 to cover their tuition costs.

"All our higher education reforms are designed to place students at the heart of a more dynamic sector. We are focussing support on those students who need it most because no one should be deterred from higher education on financial grounds," said Mr Willetts.

It comes after the Times Higher Education supplement reported this week that some of England’s top universities are planning to vastly increase the number of non-EU international students they enrol in order to boost income.
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