Education resources - Financing your studies EDUCATION

Subsection 2.04: Financing your studies

Printed material Printed material

Title
ISBN
Price
Date
     
UCAS Student Finance Guide
978 0749444280 £9.99
Jul05
Endorsed by UCAS, this useful book explains the current system and the major changes taking place. Kogan Page
Students' Money Matters 2008/09
978 1844551668
£14.99
2008
This book aims to provide students with all the skills necessary for them to learn how to cope on a budget. Trotman
University Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries
978 18445514 6
£22.99 Oct07
Information on the value of each award, who is eligible, when and how to apply, and other awards from private agencies, for example, teacher training agencies. Trotman
The Education Grants Directory 2006/07 (9th edition)
978 1903991756 £39.95 Nov06
A comprehensive listing of national and local charities which give to individuals for education. Published every two years. Directory of Social Change
Student Support and Benefits Handbook: England, Wales and Northern Ireland 2008/09
978 190607614 £12.50 Oct08
Like all CPAG handbooks, this is fully indexed and cross-referenced to law and regulations. It also contains useful summary tables and step-by-step guides to assist with calculating benefit entitlement in the light of student income. This handbook is supplied automatically to students’ unions that are affiliated to NUS.

CPAG and the National Union of Students (due Oct08)
The Push Guide to Money
978 0340929605 £9.95 Aug06
This guide helps students choose the university they can afford and assists them in minimising and managing debts that is an issue with most university students. Hodder Education
Hotcourses Undergraduate Courses and Funding Guide
  £3.95  
With over 1,000 awards, this guide represents essential information about funding. Not only does it contain details of the new awards available from 2006, but it also gives a firm idea about what courses at which university and college are on offer. Hotcourses
Guide to Grants for Individuals in Need 2006/07 10th edition)
978 1903991749
£29.95 Nov06
Reference for advisers, social workers providing details of over 2,500 national and local trusts who make grants for individuals in need. Directory of Social Change

Software CD/DVDs Software CD/DVDs

Title
 
Price
Date
Funderfinder: PIN
  £100.00+VAT 2008
This software programme helps students and their advisers find funding. PIN is a way of identifying which of approximately 3,500 charitable trusts might make a grant to a particular individual. FunderFinder

Useful websites Useful websites


Funding Directory from advice resources

www.adviceresources-fundingdirectory.co.uk/
Fully searchable database of funding opportunities from non-charitable sources (eg adult learning grants and career development loans). It includes a deadline prompt and news updates to keep you informed and to make sure your clients get their funding applications in on time.

Student Loans Company

www.slc.co.uk
Contains information on loans for both full and part-time students, with repayments, contacts, FAQs and related and associate organisations. It has lists of contact telephone numbers and links to relevant government and other sites.

Career Development Loans

www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/cdl/index.htm
This site has been designed for use by learning providers for individuals who wish to fund their education or learning through the CDL programme. Comprehensive, easy to follow instructions for learning providers.

Scholarship-search

www.scholarship-search.org.uk
Hotcourses and UCAS bring you a comprehensive guide to everything you need when planning and organising your student finances.

Student finance

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/UniversityAndHigherEducation/StudentFinance/index.htm
Information and advice on Directgov; includes where to get extra help, repaying student loans and students not from England.

Student Finance England

http://practitioners.studentfinanceengland.co.uk/portal/page?_pageid=133,4210298&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
An online resource for student finance practitioners.

Financial help for Health Care Students

www.nhspa.gov.uk/sgu/forms/booklets/students_financial_help.pdf
This four-page booklet provides information and guidance for students who start an NHS funded health professional course from 1 September 2004 onwards. Department of Health Publications

www.nhsstudentgrants.co.uk
Student Bursaries award and pay bursaries to students on pre-registration health professional training courses.

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