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The following grants are available to students from all domiciles.

Maintenance Grant

The Maintenance grant helps higher education students, in particular those from poorer backgrounds, with their general living costs whilst they study.

Special Support Grant

The Special Support Grant is the same as the Maintenance Grant except that no part of it is substituted with maintenance loan. It provides support for general living costs for entrants who receive means-tested benefits during term-time.

Part-time Course Grant

This is a financially-assessed grant for course costs (books and materials etc) for part-time students. A course is designated for part-time grants if it lasts at least one year, it leads to an HE qualification, and it requires no longer than twice the time required to study the course full time.

Further details can be found on the relevant domicile website.

The following grants are available to eligible students from Wales.

Welsh Assembly Learning Grant (ALG FE)

Assembly Learning Grant for Further Education (ALG FE) is a specific product aimed at mature FE students from Wales. It provides a financially-assessed support grant for people studying below Higher Education level and who are not of school age. The amount of ALG (FE) paid depends on household income and whether the student is studying part-time or full-time.

Welsh Assembly Learning Grant (HE)

The Welsh Assembly Learning Grant is a brand which covers all the non-repayable financially-assessed maintenance support for further and higher education students domiciled in Wales. In addition to ALG (FE), it comprises products identical to Maintenance Grant and Special Support Grant in England and Northern Ireland.

Further details can be found on the Student Finance Wales website.

The following Bursary is available to eligible students from Northern Ireland.

Higher Education Bursary (NI)

The Higher Education Bursary applies to students from Northern Ireland. It is a means-tested grant for students from low-income backgrounds that largely replaces the student loan.

Further details can be found on the Student Finance NI website.