From September 2006 no full-time undergraduate student will have to pay fees up-front.

Instead, both new and existing students will be able to defer payment of their tuition fees until after they leave higher education by taking out, if they wish, a ‘fee loan’ from the Student Loan Company which they will repay once they have left university and are earning over £15,000 a year. The maximum fee loan available would be £3,000 a year for new students and around £1,200 for existing students.

From September 2006 universities will be allowed to vary the fees they charge students. Universities will be able to charge between zero and £3,000 per year.  Fees will not rise by more than the rate of inflation before 2010 at the earliest.

Read more about loans and tuition fees support

We can provide you with online information on where to search for funds in Higher Education and research. We have withdrawn funding for study-related grants ourselves and now focus on professionals only.

Our professional funding programmes

• Partnership Programme in Science offers travel and subsistence grants for young academics to engage in new collaborative research projects.
• The Chevening Scholarship is no longer available in the Netherlands and most of Europe. Alumni can register online or contact the Chevening Alumni Association.

Dutch study and research funding sources

• Informatie beheer groep can tell you if your study subject is eligible for Dutch Studiefinanciering when studying in the UK.
• Beursopener is an online scholarships search programme for foreign study and research
• VSBfonds Beurzen are available for additional study or research after completing of your Dutch degree (e.g. Masters studies).
• Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) offers many different types of research subsidies.
• The Dutch Mobility Portal provides researchers intending to work and live in the Netherlands with information about professional stay and daily lives.
• ‘Het Nederlands Fondsen Boek’ is available in most libraries and international offices of educational institutions.

UK study and research funding sources

• The UK government may provide financial assistance to EU students. For undergraduate study in England and Wales - Scotland - Northern Ireland.
• UK Research Councils offer funding for international collaboration and study.
• Education UK scholarships search database of scholarships and awards for international students at various levels.
• Search online in this database of undergraduate scholarships and sponsorship in the UK.
• SISTER is a British Council funding route map for UK researchers, postgraduates and international students who are seeking funding for international collaboration in science & technology.
• The Wellcome Trust offers grants for research in the general areas: Biomedical research; history of medicial research; research in biomedical ethics; public understanding of science.
• The Royal Society’s international programme provides grants for scientific research visits to and from the UK.
• British Academy awards are offered for postdoctoral research in the humanities and social sciences.
• 'Times Higher Education Supplement' appears weekly and has a page on sources of research funding.
• Your UK institution may have funding available or ideas on where to look.

European sources

• The Researcher’s Mobility Portal

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