Schools and learning

Useful sources of information for students

• Direct Gov Website
  
  You can obtain copies of the booklet 'Financial Support for Higher Education Students in 2008/2009 by clicking the Student Finance link on this page and following the Forms and Guides link on the Direct Gov website.
  
  
• The Student Loans Company (SLC)
  
  You can contact the Student Loans Company on 08456 077 577
  
• The Universities and College Admissions Service (UCAS)
  
  You can call UCAS on the following numbers:
  Applicant Enquiries 08701 122211
  General Enquiries 01242 222444
  
  Or you can visit their website at www.ucas.ac.uk
  
• Educational Grants Advisory Service (EGAS)
  
  EGAS is an independent advisory agency for people wanting to get funding for further or higher education. It is mainly concerned with helping students who are not eligible for statutory funding.
  
  EGAS finds it extremely difficult to help post graduate students find funding and can only do so if they apply in the academic year before the start of their course.
  
  To enquire aboout possible funding you should write to:
  
  EGAS
  501-505 Kingsland Road
  Dalston
  London
  E8 4AU
  
  You will need to enclose a stamped addressed envelope for their response.
  
  Or call the telephone information line on (020) 7254 6251
  
• National Union of Students (NUS)
  
  The NUS produces a series of information sheets on student finance. You can send an A4 stamped addressed envelope, specifying the subject you require information on, to:
  
  The Welfare Unit
  NUS
  461 Holloway Road
  London
  N7 6LJ. Tel: (020) 7272 8900
  
  Or visit their web site at www.nusonline.co.uk