Student Finance Wales

Student Finance Wales is a partnership between the Department for Education and Skills and the Student Loans Company Ltd

Student Finance Wales provide financial support to students from Wales in Further and Higher Education in the UK, on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government.

SLC operate a dedicated bilingual contact centre in Colwyn Bay in North Wales for handling customer enquiries with each customer advisor speaking fluently in Welsh and English.

Students from Wales apply online, or on paper, to their Local Authority for student finance (via the Student Finance Wales service).  Welsh students apply directly to SLC for the provision of the Education Maintenance Allowance and the Further Education Assembly Learning Grant during their further education studies.  Student Finance Wales' online services are available at www.studentfinancewales.co.uk.