For the second webinar in our Staff Training Spring 2024 series, we welcomed Lynne Condell MBE, Emma Quirke (Money Advice Manager at Leeds Trinity University) and Phil Davis (Head of Student Success at Bishop Grosseteste University) to learn more about the latest updates to Student Finance England funding that will take effect in the academic year 2024/25.
The session dived into all the latest changes and provided guidance on how you can best support your students from England.
(This webinar only covers changes to Student Finance England funding and doesn’t cover changes to funding from any of the other UK student finance bodies.)
The session explored
- The headline figures and what they mean for your students
- Changes to the Disabled Students’ Allowance
- The latest updates on Lifelong Learning Entitlement
Follow the timestamps to skip to the sections that are most relevant to you:
0:00 Overview
2:33 Funding rates for 2024/25
5:51 Loan repayments
9:00 Disabled Students’ Allowance changes
15:10 Changes to verification of household income
19:35 Hardship process
25:06 Events – changes that may impact on funding
32:24 Change of seasonal intake
39:09 Multi academic year assessments
40:44 What’s new with Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE)?
54:04 Postgraduate loans and prior study update
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