Julie Cooper – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2015-12-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether people over the initial postgraduate loan age cap of 30 will be able to apply and receive a postgraduate loan of up to £10,000 for the 2016-17 academic year.

Joseph Johnson

The Government is committed to enhancing its support for postgraduate study and wants more people to have the opportunity to build on their academic success through access to a higher level qualification.

The new Postgraduate Loans for Master’s study are intended to be available for eligible students studying in academic year 2016/17.

The Government announced on 25 November that the new Postgraduate Loan for Master’s study will be available to individuals up to age 60. Further information is available via the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/postgraduate-study-student-loans-and-other-support

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