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Are you thinking of studying in Welsh or bilingually? Fancy extra funding?

If you choose to study bilingually or just in the Welsh language you could get more money.

Visit the mantais website for further information.

Online applications for 2010/11

Have you seen a camel, a meerkat, or a granny? Maybe on a bus?

They carry good news. You can apply for 2010/11 student finance now.

We have opened the applications early so you can apply for your course via UCAS and then come straight through to apply for student finance.

Applying early means you will have money at the start of your term. Now you can afford to phone Nan!

Want to know how much you can get?

Use the Student Finance Calculator

Beware of bogus emails

Student Finance Wales is aware of a number of email campaigns claiming to be Student Finance Wales. These bogus emails (phishing) may ask you to provide your security details. If you receive a suspicious email please forward it immediately to security @slc.co.uk.

Protecting you and your information is paramount to Student Finance Wales. Remember we will never email you asking for login or user details. It's easy to protect yourself online - to find out more about protecting your security, please visit our security information page

Get Safe Online - beware of 'too good to be true' job offers

Internet users and job hunters are being urged to be on their guard against ‘too good to be true’ money earning opportunities during the economic downturn.

According to Get Safe Online, the UK’s national internet security initiative, fraudsters are making use of legitimate channels - including mainstream recruitment websites - to mislead web users into thinking they have a genuine job as a ‘financial manager’, ‘money transfer agent’, ‘shipping manager’ or even ‘mystery shopper’ (purporting to evaluate customer service at high street banks).

Lured by the prospect of substantial earnings for relatively little work, many victims instead end up tagged as criminals, with their bank accounts suspended and liable to repay the full amount of laundered funds.

Get Safe Online week starts on the 16th November. To find out more, visit Get Safe Online

Received your A Level results and need to change your Course or University details?

You can let us know of any changes to your original course or university details by downloading:

• Change of Circumstances Form (CO1).

Changes to Student Finance from Academic Year 10/11 onwards

The Welsh Assembly Government is proposing changes to the student finance rules from Academic Year 10/11 onwards. If you start a higher education course in Academic Year 10/11 you will receive the remodelled package of student finance.

If you are continuing with a course you started before 10/11, you will be entitled to the same student finance arrangements as you were in previous years.

If you have an offer of a place before 1st August 2009, but take a gap year and start that course in the academic year 10/11, you will be entitled to the same student finance arrangements as you were in previous years.

However, if you are a continuing or gap year student and take out a new maintenance loan from academic year 10/11, you may be eligible for debt relief.

Please return to Student Finance Wales at a later date to find out more.

UCAS Application Numbers

UCAS have recently changed their processes for academic year 2009/2010 onwards. They no longer provide the UCAS application number to students, simply a Personal ID. Our online application only asks for the Personal ID.

However, we do ask for the application number on the paper forms. The forms are already printed for 2009/2010.

Please be assured that students’ applications will not be held up as a result of not providing the UCAS application number. We will amend our paper application forms from academic year 2010/2011.

Important information if you have recently changed your bank details

Please login to your account and enter your new bank details as soon as possible. This will allow us to pay your next Student Finance instalment to the correct account.

SLC Welsh Language Scheme

The Welsh Language Board have approved the Welsh Language Scheme for the Student Loans Company. It describes how we will develop, promote and deliver Welsh language services. The scheme was prepared in cooperation with the Welsh Language Board and is consistent with its guidelines and the 1993 Welsh Language Act’s principle of treating the Welsh and the English languages on the basis of equality.

• SLC Welsh Language Scheme (pdf 89.7 kB)