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Parents have until 31st August 2026 to extend Child Benefit for their 16 to 19-year-olds who are continuing in non-advanced approved education or training. Parents of 16 to 19-year-olds starting further education or approved training courses must extend their Child Benefit claim by 31st August 2026 or payments will stop automatically. GCSE results day on … Continue reading Extend Child Benefit for your teen before 31st August 2026
From 17th August 2026, 16-17 Saver railcards will be valid for a full year from the purchase date and will not expire when the holder turns 18. more students aged 16 to 18 to benefit from half-price rail fares from September 2026, helping them on their commutes to school, college or training the 16-17 Saver … Continue reading Changes to 16-17 Saver railcards
Armed Forces to launch “gap year” Foundation Scheme in 2026 to give under-25s experience of armed forces Britain’s young people will be given new opportunities to experience military service through a ‘gap year’ Foundation Scheme set to launch in 2026. A first wave of around 150 participants will open for recruitment from early 2026, offering young … Continue reading UK Armed forces launch ‘Gap Year’ scheme
The Collection of Student Loans consultation group has confirmed since all the repayment thresholds for 2026/2027 have been confirmed and announced. (c)2025 PAYadvice Ltd The hierarchy setting out the applicable repayment threshold to apply when a borrower holds multiple plan types is set out in the attached plan type hierarchy matrix. (C)2025 PAYadvice Ltd New … Continue reading Multiple Student Loan Plan type hierarchy agreed
Almost 10,000 high-achieving young people will receive letters from students at Kings College London encouraging them to consider a university education. Thousands of teenagers in some of the country’s most deprived and under-represented areas are being inspired by their peers to apply for university through personalised letters in the post. The letters contain real-life success … Continue reading Empowering disadvantaged pupils to reach university
The Student Loans Company (SLC) is warning new and returning students to be vigilant of scams, as the new 25/26 academic year gets underway In September, SLC will pay approximately £2.2billion in maintenance payments to almost one million students as they start and return to university. However, at this time of year, students can be … Continue reading Students – be vigilant of scams
The HMRC Collection of Student Loan - consultation group meeting held on Tuesday 2nd September 2025, has shared and confirmed the student Plan Type 4 (Scotland) threshold applicable from 6th April 2026. This information will be additional announced at a later point by the Scottish Parliament, they have confirmed that there is no restriction in … Continue reading Student Loan Plan 4 (Scotland) threshold for April 2026 confirmed
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Software Developers Support Team (SDST) have started to release change information that impacts payroll calculations from April 2026. This first area is the addition of undergraduate Student Loan Plan 5. The RTI instruction SL1 will start to indicate the use of Plan 5 in March 2026 in readiness for operating … Continue reading Payroll 2026/2027 – Student Loan Plan 5
The Student Loans Company (SLC) is reminding new full-time undergraduate students in England to apply now for students finance, ahead of the application deadline on 16th May 2025. Applying before the deadline is the best way to ensure that funding is in place for the start of the 25/26 academic year. Last year, almost half (45%*) of … Continue reading Half of new students missed the finance deadline last year
Careers guidance for post-16 students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds can vary in quality, a new report from Ofsted has found. Ofsted was commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to carry out a study on the quality of careers guidance that students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds receive from further education (FE) providers: Navigating post-16 careers … Continue reading Careers guidance for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds ‘variable’
Full-time undergraduate students in England are being encouraged to apply now for student finance, as the application service launches for the 25/26 academic year. The Student Loans Company (SLC) paid over 1.5 million students almost £22bn in maintenance loans, grants and tuition fees in the 23/24 academic year. And as students start to prepare for the upcoming … Continue reading Apply now for 25/26 student finance
Student advice at start of 24/25 academic year At the start of the 2024/2025 academic year, the Students Loans Company (SLC) is reminding students to be vigilant of smishing scams. Scammers target students at this time of year as they receive their first maintenance loan payment. SLC is expecting to pay £2bn to students over … Continue reading Student Smishing Scams
New TUC research found 46 jobs online on a single day in July 2024 advertising pay below the National Living Wage! Many are office jobs targeted at graduates and experienced workers with advertised salaries below £20,820 (the annualised minimum wage) The new Fair Work Agency must lead to a step change in enforcement to stop … Continue reading Online jobs adverts with below National Living Wage pay!
HMRC have issued the August 2024 edition of the Employer Bulletin which brings the latest HMRC updates and guidance to support employers, payroll professionals and agents. In this month’s edition of the Employer Bulletin there are important updates and information on: PAYE employer liabilities and payments viewer — ‘Earlier Year Update’ becomes ‘end of tax year adjustment’ … Continue reading August 2024 Employer Bulletin
The Department for Education on 13th August 2024 confirmed annual updates to repayment thresholds for undergraduate Income Contingent Student Loans. Income Contingent Student Loans for Plan 1 (1998-2012) undergraduate loans The repayment threshold for Plan 1 loans will rise to £26,065 from 6th April 2025 to 5th April 2026. Income Contingent Student Loans for Plan … Continue reading Student Loan Plan 1 and 2 threshold increases April 2025
Young people travelling to popular holiday destinations to work in bars and clubs have been given advice on the dangers of labour exploitation. Thousands of young people travelling to popular holiday destinations including Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca to work in bars and clubs have been given advice on the dangers of labour exploitation. Border Force … Continue reading Young Brits warned of dangers of modern slavery abroad
The Student Loans Company is urging new students to apply now. The Student Loans Company (SLC) is urging new students to submit their student finance application now, as new research suggests almost half aren’t planning to apply until later in the year. The student finance application service for the 2024/2025 academic year opened earlier this … Continue reading Need a student loan – Apply now
The Student Loan Company (SLC) is encouraging prospective students to starting planning their student finance as Student Finance England (SFE) launches its mailing list The full-time, undergraduate application service for the 24/25 academic year is expected to open in March 2024, and by signing up, students will be among the first to receive an email … Continue reading Students in England asked to sign up to SFE’s mailing list
Funding to raise the profile of logistics in schools and colleges will encourage talented young people to pursue a career in the sector. government and industry effort to encourage retention and recruitment of younger people into the logistics sector second year of funding for Generation Logistics campaign aims to deliver supply chain resilience and grow … Continue reading Boost for logistics sector to increase recruitment
Financial package to help students with living costs and a further freeze on tuition fees. Students in need are to benefit from additional financial support designed to ease cost of living pressures and help them to meet everyday costs whilst they are completing their studies. In recognition of the challenges some students have faced due … Continue reading Cost of living boost for students
The Student Loans Company (SLC) is reminding students to be on the lookout for phishing and online scams as the next student loan payment date approaches in January. Scammers may try to trick students into giving away personal and financial information by sending fake emails and texts, or calling and pretending to be from SLC, … Continue reading Students warned to lookout for phishing and online scams.
As part of the April 2023 changes to payroll, the HMRC Software Developers Support Team (SDST) has additionally confirmed the remaining student and postgraduate loans repayment thresholds. Plant Type 1 (with change) & Plan Type 2 (frozen - no change) had previously been confirmed. Additionally the threshold the threshold for Plan Type 4 for Scotland … Continue reading Student Loan Thresholds Confirmed for April 2023
Teenagers could have an average of £2,100 in their Child Trust Fund savings account waiting to be claimed. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are reminding Tens of thousands of teenagers who have not yet claimed their matured Child Trust Funds savings could have thousands of pounds waiting for them. Child Trust Funds are long-term savings … Continue reading Teenagers missing out on a stash of cash
Students should get up to date with 3 vaccines: Men ACWY (meningitis), MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) and, for female students, HPV, before the start of the new term. Students heading to university in September are being encouraged to ensure they are up to date with their vaccinations ahead of Freshers’ Week to protect themselves … Continue reading Students encouraged to get up to date with vaccinations ahead of Freshers’ Week
Hundreds of disabled university students are set to benefit from a new ‘passport’ scheme that will support them as they move into work. The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) Access to Work Adjustment Passport is to help ease the transition from university into employment by reducing the need for repeated health assessments. A pilot … Continue reading ‘Passport’ to help disabled graduates get in to employment
HMRC is warning university students to be wary of potential scams, especially if they have a part-time job and are new to interacting with the department. University students taking part-time jobs are at increased risk of falling victim to scams, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is warning. Higher numbers of students going to university this … Continue reading HMRC warns students of scams