Tuton Fee Loan applcaton notes for new part-tme EU students 2012/13 About these notes These notes should be read along wth your Tuton Fee Loan applcaton form. The notes are splt nto three parts: Part 1 - General nformaton Part 2 - Notes on how to complete your applcaton form Part 3 - Next steps on your student fnance journey Part 1 - General nformaton completng your form Tmescale for returnng your form Ths form should be returned wthn 9 months of the start of your academc year, otherwse you may lose your enttlement to student fnance. Send your completed form to: Student Fnance Servces European Team Student Loans Company PO Box 89 Darlngton County Durham England Unted Kngdom DL1 9AZ Make sure you pay the correct postage. fnd out more Further questons? speak to your unversty or college read A gude to student fnance for new part-tme EU students n hgher educaton 2012/13 vst www.slc.co.uk/england call us on 0141 243 3570 other nformaton Bralle/other formats You can order forms and gudes n Bralle, large prnt or audo by emalng your name, address, customer reference number along wth what form and format you requre to: bralleandlargefonts@slc.co.uk or you can call us on 0141 243 3686. Please note, ths emal address and telephone number can only deal wth requests for alternatve formats of forms and gudes.
Part 2 - Notes on how to complete your applcaton form Complete all the questons you are asked. If any nformaton s mssng or unclear we may not be able to process your applcaton and you won t receve any fundng. 1 your personal detals 1.1 Customer Reference Number Your Customer Reference Number s your personal reference number and s 11 dgts long. You ll have one of these f you ve prevously had a student loan or any other student fnance from the Student Loans Company (SLC). You may also have one f you ve gven fnancal nformaton for another student s applcaton. If you don t have one, or don t know what your Customer Reference Number s, leave ths blank. 1.2 Personal detals Evdence we need you to gve: e Change of name deed, f approprate. Marrage/dvorce certfcate, f approprate. Cvl partnershp/dssoluton order, f approprate. 1.3 Natonal Insurance Number If you have prevously worked n the UK you ll fnd your Natonal Insurance Number on: Your Natonal Insurance Number card or letter. A payslp. An ncome tax document such as a P45 or P60. A form from your local Jobcentre Plus, Jobcentre or Socal Securty Offce. If you ve never been gven a Natonal Insurance Number, leave the Natonal Insurance Number box blank. Let us know as soon as possble f you get a Natonal Insurance Number. 2 of 6
2 prevous study and qualfcaton hstory 2.3 Undergraduate or postgraduate courses 2.5.2 Prevous applcatons for fundng Ths ncludes any undergraduate or postgraduate course you ve attended whether t was n the UK or overseas. Examples of undergraduate hgher educaton courses you should tell us about nclude: DpHE, Cert HE, HNC, HND and Foundaton Degree, and smlar courses from outsde the UK. Integrated Masters Degrees. PgDp, MA, MSc, MBA or equvalents. If you re unsure of the level of your exstng qualfcaton, contact your unversty or college where you completed the course, they may be able to help. Menton any course where you were elgble to apply for fundng from Student Fnance England, Student Fnance Wales, Student Fnance Northern Ireland or Student Fnance Servces even f: you ddn t receve any fundng, or you chose not to take the fundng avalable. 3 resdence 3.1 EU natonalty e You must send: Passport or natonal dentty card 3.2 Famly member of an EU natonal e Send us your spouse or famly member s natonal dentty card or passport along wth your brth or marrage certfcate (f these show proof of ther EU natonalty and your relatonshp to them). 3.3 Resdence hstory Academc years begn n the autumn, wnter, sprng and summer, and last for 12 months. Use ths table to work out when your academc year begns. Date study begns between 1 August - 31 December nclusve 1 January - 31 March nclusve 1 Aprl - 30 June nclusve 1 July - 31 July nclusve Date academc year begns 1 September 1 January 1 Aprl 1 July 3 of 6
5 your loan request 5.1 Tuton Fee amount charged If you aren t sure how much you re beng charged for tuton fees, ask your unversty or college to confrm ths. 5.2 Tuton Fee Loan We ll pay your Tuton Fee Loan drectly to your unversty or college n three nstalments wthn the academc year. The frst payment of the Tuton Fee Loan s made after we receve confrmaton from your unversty or college that you re n attendance on your course. Tuton Fee Loan lablty You ll be lable for your Tuton Fee Loan 2 weeks after the frst day of your frst term 1, and at the start of terms 2 and 3, not the date when the nstalments are pad to your unversty or college. Interest wll be charged from the day we pay the Tuton Fee Loan to your unversty or college. Lablty % of Tuton Fee Loan that you ll be lable for Term 1 25% Term 2 25% Term 3 50% Applyng for a loan at a later date or changng the amount requested If you re unsure when your term starts please contact your unversty or college. You can apply for a Tuton Fee Loan at any tme n the academc year provded you re wthn the tme lmt. The tme lmt for applyng s usually nne months from the start of your academc year. You can download a Tuton Fee Loan Request Form at www.slc.co.uk/england 4 of 6
6 student declaraton - contnued Power of Attorney Data Protecton Act If you cannot sgn the form t must be sgned on your behalf by your Power of Attorney. To grant a person power of attorney, you need to fll n a legal form gvng ther name, the specfc perod for whch they can act on your behalf, and the specfc tasks that they can perform. The Power of Attorney letter must be sent wth the applcaton before a sgnature from that Power of Attorney wll be accepted. The Student Loans Company (SLC) s a Data Controller under the Data Protecton Act 1998. We hold nformaton for the purposes specfed n our notfcaton to the Informaton Commssoner ncludng determnng elgblty for student fnance, assessng the maxmum amount of fnancal support avalable, payment of student fnance and the detecton and preventon of fraud, and may use ths nformaton for any of these. The Secretary of State for Busness, Innovaton and Sklls s a jont Data Controller for your nformaton. If false or naccurate nformaton s provded and fraud s dentfed, detals maybe passed to fraud preventon agences to prevent fraud and money launderng. We may share the nformaton you have gven us wth other organsatons ncludng the Department for Busness, Innovaton and Sklls, other Government bodes and wth your unversty or college for these purposes. We may also get nformaton about you from other organsatons. If so, t wll only be for the purposes descrbed and as the law permts us to do. For more detaled nformaton about how your applcaton wll be processed and wth whom your nformaton wll be shared and for what purpose, go to www.slc.co.uk/england 5 of 6
Part 3 - Next steps n your student fnance journey 1 You complete and return your applcaton form to us, along wth any evdence, as soon as possble. Make sure you read, sgn and date the declaraton. You re here 2 We process your applcaton. If any nformaton s mssng or ncorrect we ll get n touch. When we have all the nformaton we need, we ll send you a Student Fnance Enttlement letter. 3 You show your Student Fnance Enttlement letter to your unversty or college (f they ask to see t). 4 We pay your Tuton Fee Loan drectly to your unversty or college after they tell us that you re attendng your course. 6 of 6