Forms and Guides 08/09

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Returning Your Completed Forms

You should send your completed forms to your local authority. To identify your LA and their contact details please refer to the LA finder.

08/09 Full-time Students

These guidebooks provide detailed information on all aspects of the financial support available during 08/09:

• A Guide to Financial Support for Higher Education Students (bilingual) (3.16mb)
• Student Loans: A Guide to Terms and Conditions (bilingual) (636kB)

Students wishing to apply for support should complete the following forms:

New Students

• PN1 - New students application for student finance (bilingual) (425kB)
• Notes to help you complete your PN1 application for student finance (bilingual) (380kB)

Note: We recommend that new students applying for support in 08/09 submit their passport as proof of identity. Those students who are not passport holders can submit their Birth or Adoption Certificate, but must also complete and return the Birth/Adoption Certificate Declaration Form (bilingual) (126kB). This form contains two separate declarations. The Applicant's Declaration of Identity must be signed by the student to confirm their identity. The Identity Confirmation Form is to verify your identity and must be completed by a person of good standing in the community who has known you for at least two years.

Continuing Students

• PR1 - Continuing students application for student finance (bilingual) (316kB)
• Notes to help you complete your PR1 application for student finance (bilingual) (285kB)

Loan Request Forms

For students who have already applied for support and now wish to amend either the amount of Maintenance Loan or Tuition Fee Loan they requested:

• Maintenance Loan Request Form (bilingual) (126kB)
• Tuition Fee Loan Request Form (bilingual) (175kB)

Change of Circumstance

• CO1 - Notification of change of circumstances for students on full-time courses (bilingual) (158kB)

Disabled Students' Allowances

• DSAs Bridging The Gap: A guide to the Disabled Students' Allowances in higher education (bilingual)(3316kB)
• DSA1 Application for Disabled Students' Allowances (bilingual) (430kB)
• DSA1 Notes - A guide to completing your DSA1 form (bilingual) (463kB)

Childcare Grant

Information on all aspects of financial support, including the Childcare Grant, for student parents:

• Childcare Grant and other support for full-time student parents in higher education (1042kb)
• CCG1 - Application for help with childcare costs (158kb)
• CCG2 - Confirmation of childcare payments (161kb)

Supporting Students

Those supporting students (parents or partners) during their studies may require these forms:

• CB2 - Confirmation of benefits for full-time students (bilingual) (180kB)
• CI2 - Confirmation of income from employment (bilingual) (196kB)
• GSA1 - Confirmation of earnings from self-employment (bilingual) (119kB)

For provision of financial information in support of an application (where it has not been provided on the main application form):

• PFF1 - Assessment of financial circumstances for new students (bilingual) (1.04mB)
• PFF2 - Assessment of financial circumstances for returning students (bilingual) (1.33mB)

08/09 Part-time Students

Part time students should refer to the Guide to Financial Support for Part Time Students in Higher Education in 08/09 (197kB)

Part Time students wishing to apply for support should complete the application form PTG1 (1.19mb) consult these guidance Guidance notes (339kb)

Confirmation of benefits form for part time students CB1 (1.19mb)

Change of Circumstances form for part-time students CO2 (bilingual) (688kb)

Application for help with childcare costs for part-time students  PTCCG1 (283 kb)

Confirmation of childcare payments for part-time students  PTCCG2 (220 kb)