Placement/Industry Year and Student Finance

[tactum]

Anyone with any experience of this? I've logged on to DD's student finance thingy on gov.co.uk and there's nothing there about applying for academic year 2023/2024 - am I just too early?

When the option does appear, then what do I select to show she's on a year out but will be returning the year after? I think there may be a 'retainer' course/uni fee to pay for her year out - will this appear as an option?
TIA

We are in Scotland and its usually April before finance switches to the next academic year.

DDs placement year is optional and her uni effectively suspend (intermit) her for the year so no fees payable (although she remains registered as a student and can use the libraries etc). She will just apply again for 2024/25 as normal (very much similar to others taking a year off for illness etc).

I’m no help as DD not started uni as yet but as she’s also applying for degrees in England with a placement year I do know that they still charge a fee albeit reduced. Lucky Scottish who don’t pay for their placement year.

Maybe difference is DDs placement year is optional and doesn't count towards her degree classification. So no assignments or write-ups/presentations required during that year. Although most people who do a placement do their final year dissertation in a related area when they return to uni.

Uni support is probably less. They will probably just check in with DD next summer to get her to choose options for final year and agree dissertation topics.

Hi @tactum - did you ever get an answer to this? My DD is doing an industrial placement with the civil service from September and it will be paid - do they still need to apply for finance/support?

@Allfurcoatandnoknickers Yes they do, but it's a reduced amount, if i remember correctly DS got about £1,950 maintenance.

@Shimy thanks - that's what I thought. We'd best get cracking and apply then!!

Just to add, they also pay around 20% of the tuition fees for the yr.