PGCE Funding

Tuition fees for your PGCE are listed in the prospectus.

Loughborough Alumni who study a PGCE at Loughborough University are eligible for a 10% discount on the tuition fees.

Funding for full-time PGCE secondary education initial teacher training courses at Loughborough is broadly similar to funding for undergraduate degree courses.

How to apply for loans

Tuition fee and maintenance loans for UK students are paid by the student finance awarding bodies.

You’ll need to apply in the country where you normally live:

• Student Finance England
• Student Finance Wales
• Student Awards Agency Scotland
• Student Finance Northern Ireland

Tuition fee loan

You can apply for a loan to pay your tuition fees. The loan is not means-tested and covers the full amount of the fees.

You’ll need to pay it back after you’ve graduated and if you are earning over a set amount.

Maintenance loan for living costs

Students who normally live in England can get a maintenance loan to help with living costs.

How much you can get will depend on if you are:

• living at home
• living away from home, outside London

The amount you’ll get is means-tested depending on SFE’s assessment of your household income eg your parents’ or partner’s income plus your unearned income if applicable.

You’ll need to pay the loan back after you’ve graduated and if you are earning over a set amount.

Student loan repayments

See Repaying your student loan: Overview - GOV.UK

Extra support

Disability support (including the Disabled Students Allowance) is available to relevant students.

If you are a parent or carer additional grants may be available from student finance Get support if you're a parent or carer | Get Into Teaching GOV.UK

Teacher training bursaries and scholarships

Teacher training bursaries and scholarships can provide money to help pay for your teacher training and living costs. They are not treated as taxable income and you do not need to repay them.

The bursaries available for teacher training may change from year to year, depending on which subjects are short of teachers. Currently, PGCE Mathematics students may be eligible for a teacher training bursary but PGCE Physical Education does not qualify.

You must be eligible for student finance to receive a bursary.  Bursary eligibility is determined by the course provider (Teacher Education) from your application details, they will confirm any entitlement and payment details. Teacher Education contact: pgce@mailbox.lboro.ac.uk

A scholarship may be available instead of a bursary, scholarship eligibility and application procedures are set by the scholarship providers, any scholarship application needs to be made directly to the relevant scholarship provider prior to any deadline.

For more information see Get Into Teaching.

Loughborough University PGCE Travel Bursaries

PGCE travel bursaries are available for low-income PGCE students at Loughborough University.

Eligibility requirements

The travel bursary is potentially available to students who are eligible for maintenance/living costs loan from SFE, SAAS or SFNI.

Income from a Teacher Training bursary or scholarship is considered in combination with the household income assessed by the relevant student finance body.

You can find PGCE bursary terms and conditions for your year of entry in the Student Handbook (see ‘How do I find out more about the Loughborough University Bursary?’  - the PGCE amounts and income thresholds are covered in Annex 1: Awards.)

How to apply for the Loughborough PGCE Travel Bursary

No separate application is required. The University relies on household income information available from Student Finance England (or its equivalent in Scotland or Northern Ireland) and value of any teacher training bursary.  Student Records & Operations will confirm any entitlement and payment schedule in accordance with the bursary terms and conditions.