Students from low-income households may qualify for an increased maintenance loan and / or maintenance grant ( for every ? of maintenance grant received the maintenance loan entitlement reduces by ?.50 ).
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Further adjustments were put forth in the 2015 budget, with a proposed fee increase in line with inflation from the 2017-18 academic year onwards, and the planned scrapping of maintenance grants from September 2016.
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In 1989 the levels of maintenance grants were frozen at ?, 265 which since 1985 had been means tested but a system of student loans was introduced to provide for additional funding.
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Britain's largest employers are considering " golden hellos " for graduate recruits, to help them to pay off debts resulting from the government's planned introduction of tuition fees and abolition of student maintenance grants.
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The 1994 Law to Reduce Poverty and Income Inequality ( which was extended a year later ) increased income maintenance grants to needy families, particularly benefitting those sections of society most vulnerable to poverty.
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About 30 to 40 percent of British university students are awarded the full maintenance grant for which they are eligible, said Iain Crawford, a member of the London School of Economics's education funding research team.
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Such a maintenance grant had for many years been given for ChristChurch Cathedral, but with the Diocese determined to demolish it there was widespread opposition to an ongoing grant, and city councillors declined the request.
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The government also pays maintenance grants directly to students for living expenses, based on need; the amount depends on such factors as where the students are enrolled and whether or not they live at home.
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Maintenance grants were increased in line with forecast RPIX of 2.8 % for all existing students in academic year 2017 / 18, meaning a maximum grant of ?, 482 available for post-2012 ( pre-2016 ) students.
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For academic year 2016 / 17, maximum maintenance loan rates for new students increased substantially to ?, 200 ( for students living away from home, outside London ) to correspond with the abolition of maintenance grants.
