Further information

English Language courses
Financial advice
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English Language courses

Most universities and colleges provide English Language courses and other forms of support to help you with your studies. The British Council also provides information about English language support.

You may want to have English classes when you arrive in the UK. Do not make any firm bookings without talking to your university or college first. Most universities and colleges offer specialist English support for their students. If you want to find out about other English classes in the UK, information is available from EnglishUK.

If you want to be more confident about your academic listening skills, EASE (Essential Academic Skills in English), may be able to help you.

Financial advice

To avoid financial problems, you need to be sure that you can pay the full cost of

• your tuition fees

• the everyday living expenses of you and your family for the whole time that you are in the UK, including accommodation, food, heat, light, clothes and travel

• books and equipment for your course

• travel from and to your country

You must include everything when you work out how much it will cost. You can get information to help you work this out accurately from the International Offices of universities and colleges, UKCISA and the British Council.Your friends and relatives who are currently studying in the UK or who have returned to your country recently will also be able to help you.

Regarding part-time work, the Government has made some changes to ease restrictions on international students.

If you are British but live outside the UK or you are an EU national you may be able to get a student loan and other help with your fees.

If you would like to know more about the financial support that you might be able to get, you should contact the Student Support Helpline. Their contact details are shown below:

Student Support Contact Team
Mowden Hall
Podium 38
Staindrop Road
Darlington
DL3 9BG
UK
Tel: +44 (0)8456 020583
Email:ssin_queries@slc.co.uk

If you want precise information on the fees that you will be charged for your course and how and when to pay them, you should contact the university or college.

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