Fees & Financial Support

To obtain the most recent information on funding arrangements, you should contact your Local Education Authority (LEA).For up-to-date information for students living in England and other European Union countries, please visit www.dfes.gov.uk

You will need to contact your Local Education Authority as soon as you know that you are planning to enrol on a full-time undergraduate course even if, at that stage, you are unsure of the institution where you wish to study. The forms are usually available around March of each year. You can also collect an LEA assessment form from your local college, careers centre or 6th form.

Tuition Fees

Anglia Ruskin's tuition fees for courses run by the College of West Anglia for 2009-10 are as follows:

• Full-time £3,225 per year
• Part-time approximately £1,615 per year
• Teacher Training Courses - subject to seperate fees.
• Access to Medicine/Dentistry - £299
• Other full-time Access courses - £25

Financial Support from the University

At the time of publication Anglia Ruskin are providing a non means-tested, non-repayable award of £500 in the first year, and each year after that of a full-time undergraduate course to all home (UK/EU) students. In addition, each student qualifying for the maximum Maintenance Grant (HEMG) - see below - will receive an additional bursary of at least £319 from Anglia Ruskin in each year of study.

Financial Support from the Government

The Higher Education Maintenance Grant (HEMG) is a non-repayable means-tested grant available to all students with a household income of less than £50,020. For those with household incomes of less than approximately £25,000, the full grant of £2,906 will be available, with higher incomes attracting a grant based on a sliding scale.

Student Loan

Full-time students (under 60 years old) will be entitled to take a student loan of between £3,838 and £6,928 per annum, depending on what part of the country you are studying in and with whom you will be living. The loan is paid into your bank account in 3 instalments over the academic year.

More and more students are studying locally enabling them to live at home with the ability to save as much as £3000 per year.