rebecca evans for gower
  • Welcome / Croeso
  • About me / Amdanaf i
  • Latest news / Newyddion diweddaraf
  • Surgeries/Cymhorthfeydd
  • get in touch / Cysylltwch â fi
  • Newsletter / Cylchlythyr
  • Privacy Notice
  • Disclaimer
  • Pentre Road Survey
  • Constituency Survey

AM welcomes new student finance plans

28/11/2016

 
Local AM for Gower, Rebecca Evans, has welcomed student finance plans that will mean that every student in Wales will receive the equivalent of the National Living Wage during term time while they study.
 
The radical overhaul of student finance in Wales was published after an independent review led by Professor Sir Ian Diamond and a panel of experts.  The proposals mean that the average Welsh student could receive £7,000 a year in grant support while they study, with a pro-rata version available to part-time students. The maximum level of support available is expected to be more than £9,000 a year for those studying full–time, if implemented in 2018/19.
 
The proposals that have been accepted include:
 
  • A fundamental shift to a system that provides financial support for the daily living costs of students – both full-time and part-time – through a mix of grants and loans. It would mean students receiving the equivalent of the National Living Wage during term time while they study.
  • A £1,000 annual non-means-tested universal maintenance grant to be made available to all students alongside the additional means-tested grant to cover living costs. Part-time students will receive a modified version of this support on a pro-rata basis.
  • The top rate of maintenance grant and loan support, for a student living away from home outside London, should be equivalent to the National Living Wage – based on 37.5 hours per week over a 30 week period, currently £8,100. A maximum total support of 25% more (£10,125) to be available for a student living away from home in London.
  • Maintenance support to be paid to students, as soon as is practicable, on a monthly basis to enable more efficient financial planning and budgeting.
  • New, innovative ways of funding part-time students and a support package for post-graduate studies that helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
  • Students with an experience of care will receive the maximum maintenance grant.
 
The Welsh Government will consult on the proposed changes until 14th February 2017, with a view to the new arrangements being in place for students starting university in September 2018. The changes will be subject to Treasury approval and the ability of the Student Loans Company to put the new funding system in place.
 
Rebecca Evans AM said: “These proposals are sustainable and fair and will provide future Welsh students with the support they need to flourish in higher education.
 
“They also represent the most generous and progressive set of proposals available anywhere in the UK.
 
“This once again signals that the Welsh Government is listening.  I speak to students from Gower regularly, and they tell me their biggest concern is living costs.  The Welsh Government is directly addressing this.”


Comments are closed.
     

    Archives

    January 2023
    October 2022
    July 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    May 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Welcome / Croeso
  • About me / Amdanaf i
  • Latest news / Newyddion diweddaraf
  • Surgeries/Cymhorthfeydd
  • get in touch / Cysylltwch â fi
  • Newsletter / Cylchlythyr
  • Privacy Notice
  • Disclaimer
  • Pentre Road Survey
  • Constituency Survey