1. Applying to University
Jade Wheeler
UK/EU Student Recruitment Advisor

2. What is UCAS? Choice restrictions:
Medicine, Veterinary, Dentistry - max 4
Oxford or Cambridge
Central application service
Only method of entry to UK degree programmes
UCAS = University and Colleges Admissions Services
This is the service you will use to apply to university
(run through each point)
Lists 37,000 courses and 395 providers
Can apply to up to 5 universities
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3. Timeline March – August
Start to do your research. Make your 5 final choices
September
1st – Applications open on the UCAS Website
October
15th – Oxford, Cambridge, Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, Medicine deadlines
November - December
Interviews and Applicant days take place. Universities will start to make offers
January
15th – Application Deadline
February – April
Interviews and Applicant days take place. Universities will continue to make offers
May
8th - If you applied by the January deadline all your institutions will have made you an offer
June – July
Declare your firm and insurance choices
August
17th – Results day
September - October
Confirmation and arrival
This is the timeline of the university application process from research until confirmation and arrival. We will now run through each stage in more detail.

4. UCAS Form Spend enough time on your application
Give time for references to be written
This is what the UCAS form looks like
You will need to complete each section down the left-hand side, once this is complete your teacher will need to write you a reference before it gets submitted to UCAS.
The university may send you a confirmation letter and any other information

5. Offers Your offers will appear on UCAS Track
Conditional (C) – You must meet the requirements of the university these will usually be the entry requirements
Unconditional (UC) – you have met the offer and have a place at the university regardless of any results
You may be asked to attend an interview or an audition and you may be made an offer based on this
A conditional offer is the most common if you are applying whilst still in school. This means you must meet academic conditions (e.g. AAB at A-Level) in order to get the offer.
An unconditional is when there are no conditions as the students has already received their results.
Your offer may also be based on performance at interview/audition.

6. Firm and Insurance
Once you have received your offers and the deadline has passed you must decide on your Firm (1st) and Insurance (2nd) choice universities
This is all completed via UCAS
Be realistic:
Your insurance should be lower entry requirements
Insurance/Firm: If you make your first (firm) choice lower entry requirements than your second (insurance) choice and do not meet the requirements of your firm then you will not meet the requirements of the insurance
May have to enter Clearing

7. Results Day
UCAS Track will update as soon as the university has received your results
You can access UCAS from anywhere
Once you have met the university’s offer you must confirm your place via UCAS
If things don’t go to plan there are other options
Once you have received your results and the university has confirmed that you have met their offer and they would like to offer you a place then you must confirm this via UCAS

8. Clearing and Adjustment
If you already have your exam results, but you have no offers
If your exam results weren’t what you expected
You can identify courses (with vacancies) that interest you and contact the universities directly to see if they will offer you a place.
You have to have either been rejected or rejected all of your offers. Cannot have any outstanding offers
Works by phoning various universities that still have spaces on your desired course and telling them your grades to see whether you can be accepted. Adjustment works in the same way.
Adjustment
If you have done better than expected then you can opt into Adjustment (If you've met and exceeded conditions for your firm choice)

9. UCAS Extra
You might be able to add more courses to your application if you're in the following situation:
You've applied for five courses
You've received decisions from all five course providers
You weren't accepted or you decided to decline any offers you received
If you haven’t used all five choices, or if you have accepted an unconditional offer you won’t be eligible

10. Find out more
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11. Student Finance 2017/18 Presented by Lizzie Burrows
Head of UK/EU Student Recruitment
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12. 2017 entry fees
The Government are allowing Universities to increase fees for the academic year 2017/18 onward, subject to certain criteria being met (subject to approval from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)).
This increase will represent a 2.8% increase which is in line with inflation and linked to the Retail Price Index (maximum fee of £9,250 for 2017/18)
It is the intention of the University of Surrey to charge £9,250 for the academic year 2017/18.

13. Financial support for 2017 entry
Loans - repayable after graduation
Tuition Fee Loan
Maintenance Loan
Bursaries and Scholarships - non-repayable
Bursaries and scholarships from institution
Disabled Student Allowance
Others…
From 1st August 2017, new nursing, midwifery and allied health students no longer receive NHS bursaries and will be replaced by a loan
There are two categories of financial support available for students
We will discuss the different types of loans, bursaries and scholarships available

14. Loans
Students can take a ‘Tuition Fee Loan’ from Student Finance England regardless of household income
The amount available is up to the level of fees
The money will be paid directly to the university
Students can take a ‘Maintenance Loan’ from Student Finance England
This is paid into the student’s bank account
The amount available varies:
Place of study
Place of living
Household Income

15. 2017/18 Maintenance Loans Full rate (100%)
Does not depend on household income
Depends on household income
Living at home
£7,097
£3,124
Up to £3,973
Living away from home, outside London
£8,430
£3,928
Up to £4,502
Living away from home, in London
£11,002
£5,479
Up to £5,523
You spend a year of a UK course studying abroad
£9,654
£4,667
Up to £4,987
These are the maintenance loan amounts for 2017 entry.

16. 2017/18 Maintenance Loans
Example of what an English student, studying outside of London, might receive:
Household Income
Maintenance Loan
£25,000 or less
£8,430
£30,000
£7,825
£35,000
£7,220
£40,000
£6,615
£42,875
£6,266
£45,000
£6,009
£50,000
£5,404
£55,000
£4,799
£60,000
£4,193
£62,187 or above
£3,928
Example showing how the entitlement decreases as the household income increases

17. Student Loan Tuition Fee Loan Maintenance Loan Upon Graduation
Once you graduate both loans are combined into one lump sum of money

18. It’s payback time £21,000 threshold
If you never earn over £21,000 you will never have to pay back the loan
If your salary drops below £21,000 your repayments will stop
“Another line on your payslip”
“Graduate tax”
Outstanding loans written off after 30 years
No penalty for early repayment

19. More information can be found on: www.studentloanrepayment.co.uk
How the interest works
Interest rate
While the student is studying
Retail Price Index (RPI) plus 3%.
From graduation
Interest will be based on their income: £21,000 or less = RPI
Between £21,000 and £41,000 = RPI plus up to 3%, depending on income
£41,000 and over = RPI plus 3%
Student loans accrue interest from when they are taken out, the rate is based around RPI. For more information please visit this website.
More information can be found on:

20. Student Loan Repayment Examples
Automatically deducted from salary through PAYE
Payback rate is 9% (at present) of earnings above £21,000 in the UK
If you move overseas the payback threshold is adjusted according to cost of living in that country
Salary
Amount of salary from which 9% will be deducted
Monthly repayment
£25,000
£4,000
£30
£30,000
£9,000
£67
£35,000
£14,000
£105
£40,000
£19,000
£142
£45,000
£24,000
£180
£50,000
£29,000
£217
£55,000
£34,000
£255
£60,000
£39,000
£292
The monthly repayments are designed to be manageable so that graduate does not feel heavily weighed down with debt

21. Applying for financial support
New students can apply to Student Finance England from January 2017 for funding for academic year 2017/18
Financial entitlement calculator
Universities have means tested bursaries available, if you think you may be entitled to a bursary, please “share your information”
Online application – one for parents, one for the student.
Soft deadline in May
Finance calculator – very useful tool to use now!

22. University support Bursaries Support will vary between institutions
Find out more at
Scholarships
Many universities are award academic scholarships to high achieving students
These vary from university to university and from course to course
Music, Sports and Arts scholarships
Institution specific – check university websites to see what they are offering
Bursaries – extra support for students who need it most, on top of the maintenance loan
Scholarships – merit based

23. Thank you, any questions?
Jade Wheeler
UK/EU Student Recruitment Advisor