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Postgraduate

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n Fee Loan

Application form for continuing Postgraduate students 2020/21

www.studentﬁnanceni.co.uk

The quickest and easiest way to apply is online at www.studentnanceni.co.uk

About this form

You should complete and return this form if you are a continuing Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan

Student. If you self-funded your previous year you will need to complete the Application Form for

new Postgraduate students.

Application Deadline

You have until 9 months after the start of your academic year to submit an application.

If your application is sent after this date, you won’t be eligible for funding.

Privacy Notice

To nd out how we’ll use the information you provide go to

www.studentnanceni.co.uk/privacynotice to read our Privacy Notice before completing

this form.

Disabled Students Allowances

You can apply for Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) if you have a disability which meets the

denition of a disability under the Equality Act 2010, including a:

• long-term health condition

• mental health condition

• specic learning difculty, for example: dyslexia

To apply or to nd out more about DSAs go to www.studentnanceni.co.uk

Before you start the application make sure you read the 6 things

on the next page.

All of our forms and guides are available in Braille, large print format or audio. If you need these, you can

request them by emailing your name, address and details of the format you require to:

brailleandlargefonts@slc.co.uk or call 0141 243 3686 (this number is only for alternative format requests).

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It’s important you read the following 6 things before applying

for a Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan.

1 The maximum amount of Postgraduate Loan for tuition fees available to

you this year depends on the length of your course and other factors.

2 We started charging interest on your loan from the date we made the

rst payment to your university.

3 The interest rate you’ll be charged while you’re studying will be the

Retail Price Index (RPI) of the previous March, or 1% above the highest

base rate of a nominated group of banks (Bank Base Rate), whichever

is lower. You can nd out the latest interest rate on

www.gov.uk/repaying-your-student-loan

4 You’ll start making repayments to your loan when your income is above

£19,390 per year. You’ll repay 9% of anything you earn over

this amount.

5 If your loan hasn’t been repaid within 25 years, it’ll be written off.

6 You need to register at your university again before we can pay your

tuition fees.

Your information

The information you give during the application process will be used to assess

your entitlement to student nance. It is your responsibility to ensure the

information is correct.

It is an offence to knowingly provide false information in this application.

You’re now ready to apply for a Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan

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Section 1 Your details

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1.1 Personal details

Complete these details exactly as stated on

your passport, birth certificate or ID card.

If your name has changed since your passport,

birth certificate or ID card was issued you need

to send us documents to show this.

You need to send us one of the following:

• your change of name deed; or

• your marriage certificate or civil partnership

documentation; or

• your divorce certificate or dissolution order.

Title

Mr Mrs Miss Ms

Doctor Professor

Forename(s)

Surname/family name

Sex

Male Female

Date of Birth

Day Month Year

1.2 Customer Reference Number

Your Customer Reference Number is your

personal reference number and is 11 digits long.

You’ll have a Customer Reference Number if

you’ve applied for student finance, or supported

an application for someone else’s student finance

from any of the following:

• Student Loans Company

• Student Finance England

• Student Finance Wales

• Student Finance NI

1.3 Contact details

Provide an email address so we can keep you

up-to-date with the progress of your

application. We’ll also use your mobile number

to text you with important information.

You should let us know as soon as possible if

any of your details change.

Mobile phone number

Home phone number

Email address

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Section 1 Your details

1.4 What is your home address?

You should let us know as soon as possible if

any of your details change.

Home address (give your full address details)

Postcode

Country

1.5 Will you live somewhere other than

your home address while you study?

You can update your address(es) at any time by

logging into your online account or by calling us.

No – go to section 2

Yes – give details

Term-time address

Postcode

Country

1.6 When did/will you move to your

term-time address?

Day Month Year

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Section 2 Your Postgraduate course

2.1 Will you be studying at exactly the

same university or college and on

exactly the same course that

you were attending in the previous

academic year?

Yes – go to section 3

2.2 Give details about the postgraduate

course you are now studying

University name

University address

Name of campus/location

Course name

Start date of the first year of your course

Month Year

Course type

Taught Master’s

Research-based Master’s

PG Certificate

PG Diploma

Study type

Full-time

Part-time

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Section 2 Your Postgraduate course

2.3 How long is your course?

1 year

2 years

3 years

2.4 What year of your course are you

starting this year?

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

2.5 Is this a distance learning course?

Yes – are you studying on a distance learning

course because you or a member of your

family are in the armed forces?

Yes – read the notes below to find

out what to send.

2.6 Will you be studying overseas for

over half of your entire course?

If you are studying overseas because you or a

member of your family are in the armed forces

please answer ‘no’

Yes – you should contact us on

0300 100 0493 before completing

your application.

If you’re not studying a distance learning course due to you or a family member being in the armed forces you must be

living in Northern Ireland on the first day of your course to be eligible for a Postgraduate Loan.

You may be eligible for support to study a distance learning course if you or your family member is currently serving

both in and outside of the UK in one of the following; The Naval Service (Royal Navy and Royal Marines), The Army,

The Royal Air Force, The Royal Military Police, The Gurkhas

The following family members will be eligible students:

• A spouse or civil partner living with a member of the UK Armed Forces serving in the UK or overseas

• A dependant parent living with either;

- A child who is a member of the UK Armed Forces serving in the UK or overseas

- The child’s spouse or civil partner who is a member of the UK Armed Forces serving in the UK or overseas

If you are studying in a different country from where you live you can only get a Postgraduate Loan if you study less

than 50% of your course in that country.

What you need to send

You need to send a letter confirming your name and your address, or British Forces Post Office address.

If your family member is in the Armed Forces, you need to send a letter confirming the following:

• their name

• their address or British Forces Post Office (BFPO) address

• your name

• their relationship to you

The letter you send must be stamped, signed and dated by the Armed Forces Unit Records Officer. We can’t accept a

photocopy. We recommend that you use your BFPO address for all correspondence.

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Section 3 Loan request section

Information about your loan

1 The amount of loan you can get depends on cost of your course.

2 Your loan will be paid directly to your university in three instalments.

3 If your course costs more than the amount of loan you can get, you’ll need to pay the difference to

your university.

3.1 How much would you like to borrow?

• You can borrow up to £5,500 in total to pay for your tuition fees over the length of your course. You

decide how much you want to borrow each year up to this maximum amount.

• You can’t borrow more than the tuition fee being charged for each year of your course.

Example: Dan is doing a 2 year course costing £7,000

Year 1

The rst year of Dan’s course costs £4,000.

He asks for the maximum and his university

gets paid £4,000.

Year 2

The next year of Dan’s course costs

£3,000. He asks for the maximum and

his university gets paid £1,500. He

then pays £1,500 himself.

How much would you like to borrow this year?

the maximum available to me (depending on the fees charged by your university, this may not

cover the cost of your course and you may have to pay the difference)

a lower amount of £

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Section 4 Your additional contacts

We know that people sometimes forget to let us know if they move home or change telephone

numbers. So that we can keep in contact with you please provide us with two additional contacts.

We’ll only use their details to get back in contact with you, nothing else. By entering these details,

you’re conrming you’ve told them about this and they’re happy for The Student Loans Company Ltd

to contact them if necessary.

Where possible provide UK based contacts.

4.1 Give the contact details for your

first addition

al contact

This person can live at the same address

as you.

Contact 1

Full name

Relationship to you

Address

Postcode/Zip code

Phone number (

including international dial code if outside UK)

4.2 Give the contact details for your

second additional contact

Your second alternative contact can’t live at the

same address as you or your first contact.

Contact 2

Full name

Relationship to you

Address

Postcode/Zip code

Phone number

(including international dial code if outside UK)

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Section 5 Terms and Conditions

You must sign, date and return this form before any payment can be made to you.

If you cannot sign the form it must be signed on your behalf by your attorney.

The Power of Attorney letter must be sent with the application before a signature from that attorney

will be accepted.

These terms and conditions (“terms”) and applicable

legislation apply to all of the student finance available

to students for the academic year 2020/21.

I understand that my application for student

finance may be delayed unless I sign and date

these terms.

Loan Contract

1. I confirm I have read and understood these terms

and A Guide to Terms and Conditions available

at www.studentfinanceni.co.uk/terms-and-

conditions

2. I confirm that to the best of my knowledge and

belief, the information I have provided is true and

complete. If it is not, I understand that I may not

receive student finance, any support I have had

may be withdrawn and I could be prosecuted.

I understand that student finance is provided

to me by the Department for the Economy (the

“Lender”) which includes any persons acting on

its behalf and any replacement(s) under Article

4(3) of the Education (Student Support) (Northern

Ireland) Order 1998 as amended or replaced from

time to time (the “Order”).

4. I understand these terms, the Order and the

regulations made under Article 3 of the Order will

apply to any student finance provided to me by

the Lender

5. I understand that “student finance” in these terms

means financial support by way of grant(s) and/or

loan(s) made by the Lender under the regulations.

6. I understand that the Student Loans Company

Limited (“SLC”) and the Education Authority (“EA”)

carry out certain functions on behalf of the Lender.

My Obligations

7. I understand that if I have:

(i) reached the age of 18 years; and

(ii) have entered into agreement(s) for a loan

under the Order before I reached the age of

18 years,

I am agreeing to “ratify” any and all such student

loans by signing these terms. This means that

I confirm I entered into agreement(s) with the

Lender and agree to the terms of any such

previous agreement(s). If I have reached the

age of 18 and refuse to “ratify” any previous

agreement(s), I understand that I will not be

eligible to get any further student finance under

the regulations.

8. I agree to give SLC and EA any information they

need in support of this application for student

finance and to seek repayment.

9. I agree to tell SLC and EA immediately if my

circumstances change in any way that might affect

my entitlement to student finance. I understand

that if I do not do this I may not get any further

payments and I may have to repay the student

finance I have already received. I agree that from

the date I submit my student finance application

until my loan(s), together with all and any interest,

penalties and charges which apply, is fully repaid

I must tell SLC and EA about any changes in my

personal details (including my National Insurance

number) and contact details I have provided.

10.

I agree that if I get an overpayment of student

finance, I need to repay this in full and that any

overpayment may be taken from any future

entitlement to student finance.

11. I agree that I will repay the Lender any loan(s),

together with all and any interest, penalties

and charges which apply. I understand that this

repayment will be due by me to the Lender as

a debt. If I breach any of the terms of my loan,

I agree to pay any charges and penalties which

apply under the Order and the regulations. I

understand that I will repay my loan(s) through the

United Kingdom (“UK”) tax system and/or I may

repay SLC directly. If I live abroad, I will repay my

loan(s) to SLC directly.

12.

I agree that any loan(s) made to me in

accordance with the regulations once my

application is accepted by the Lender is a/

are contract(s) between me and the Lender. I

understand that I am liable for my loan(s) and will

be charged interest from the first payment of the

loan advance by the Lender.

13.

I agree to tell SLC if I leave the UK to live outside

the UK or if for any other reason I am outside the

UK tax system for more than three months.

Legal Action and Applicable Law

14. In the event of any legal action, I agree that the

laws of Northern Ireland will apply and that the

courts of that part of the UK will hear any legal

action. If my address is outside the UK the laws

of the part of the UK where my education provider

is situated will apply and the courts of that part of

the UK will hear any legal action. I agree that the

Lender has the right to take legal action against

me in any other court with jurisdiction.

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Section 5 Loan Declaration - continued

Sharing Information

15. If I am in breach of these terms and/or the

regulations I agree that the Lender may share

information held about me and my account

with third parties, including the government or

a government agency of another country, who

may help to locate me and/or help take action to

recover any payments I owe.

16. I confirm where I have provided any personal

information about any other person in my student

finance application, I have done so with their

consent.

17. I understand that SLC will process my personal

data in line with the Privacy Notice available at

www.studentfinanceni.co.uk/privacy-notice

which may be updated from time to time.

Disabled Students’ Allowances (“DSAs”)

This section applies if I apply for DSAs this

academic year.

18. I understand that any equipment I receive through

DSAs must be used for my course of study and

that I am responsible for paying any repair costs.

19. I understand SLC reserves the right to pay

the suppliers of any approved equipment and

support directly. I will be notified if SLC will make

payments directly to suppliers on my behalf.

Alternative Funding

20. I confirm that I have not previously received any

loan(s) for a Postgraduate Master’s degree where

this was provided out of funds from another UK

government authority.

21. I confirm that I have not previously received

a base grant or contribution to costs grant for

a Postgraduate Master’s degree under the

Education (Student Support) Postgraduate

Master’

s Degrees (Wales) Regulations 2019.

Customer Reference Number

Your signature (in ink)

Today’s date

Day Month Year

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Section 6 Finalising your application

6.1 Have you answered all the questions

that apply to you?

No – if you don’t complete a section or

question you’ve been asked to this could

delay your application.

Yes

6.2 Have you signed and dated your

terms and conditions in Section 5?

No – you must sign the terms and conditions,

we can’t process your application

without it.

Yes

6.3 Have you included all the supporting

documents or completed additional

forms we’ve asked for?

Sections 1 and 2 might ask you to send

supporting documents depending on your

situation.

Section 2 may also have instructed you to

complete an additional form to provide

further informatio

Check to make sure you have all the right

documents and additional forms to support

your application. The notes will tell you

exactly

what you need to send depending on

your situation.

No – gather all the documents we’ve asked

for before you return your application, it

won’t be accepted without them.

Yes – now read the information on the next

page to find out where and when to

return your completed application form.

How to return your continuing Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan application

1 – Got everything we need?

You’ll need to send all the supporting documents we’ve asked for and any additional forms you’ve

been asked to complete. We can’t process your application without them.

2 – Check your postage

Make sure what you’re sending is weighed and the correct postage is fully paid.

Remember to ask for proof of postage.

3 – Return your application on time

Send us your completed application as soon as possible to make sure your funding is in place for the

start of your course.

Send it to:

Student Finance NI

Postgraduate Ofce

Ballee Centre

Ballee Road West

Ballymena

BT42 2HS

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