Applications for next year’s student finance are open
Student Finance England has opened full-time undergraduate applications for 2026/27. Two things matter about the date: you can apply before you have a confirmed place and change it later, and the deadline for a guaranteed assessment in time for the start of term falls in May — months before results day. Applying now is the single easiest way to avoid a September without money. Student finance explained covers the process.
Student Loans Company, 23 March
Extra money for students with children or adult dependants
The application form for Dependants’ Grants is published for both 2026/27 and the current year. These are grants rather than loans — the Childcare Grant, the Parents’ Learning Allowance and the Adult Dependants’ Grant — they do not have to be repaid, they are means-tested, and they are among the most under-claimed support in the system. If anyone depends on your income, apply.
Student Loans Company, 23 March
If your circumstances change mid-course
Forms are also published for students who take tuition fee loans only, and for changes of circumstance during a year — a change of course, of university, of household income, or of who you live with. Reporting a change late is the most common cause of an incorrect assessment and of money having to be paid back.