Government loans and grants

If you are applying to BPP as an undergraduate student you're fully entitled to apply for government funding - just as you would if you were studying for a degree at any other UK university. 

You don't have to pay back grants, scholarships or bursaries and you don’t start repaying your loan until you earn £21,000.

Government funding includes: 

• Tuition fee loan
• Maintenance loan
• Maintenance grants
• Disability allowance

What is changing from September 2012? 

If you start your course before 1 September 2012 you will continue on the old student finance scheme. 

If you start university or college after 1 September 2012 (academic year 2012/13), you will be on a new student finance scheme. 

The main changes are: 

• tuition fee loans will go up to cover the higher fees (BPP fees are set below the loan threshold at £5,000 a year)
• you don’t start repaying your loan until you earn £21,000 (up from £15,000) 
• part-time students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan (replacing grants).

Applying for student finance

For 2012/13 courses, you can apply online for student finance from early 2012 via the Directgov website.