27 February 2025
The Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, Deputy Rob Ward, has signed a Ministerial
order which increases the funding for a number of grants for higher education students from 1
September 2025.
These changes contribute towards one of this Government’s top strategic priorities, to
‘increase the provision of lifelong learning and skills development’, by implementing
sustainable higher education student finance.
For most grants, the amount a student can receive depends on household income thresholds.
These thresholds will increase by 5.2%. The increase has been based on the economic
assumptions on average incomes in Jersey published by the Fiscal Policy Panel in 2024.
The income threshold to receive:
- the maximum maintenance grant will increase from £50,000 to £52,600
- the maximum tuition grant will increase from £110,000 to £115,720
- the clinical component grant will increase from £100,000 to £105,200
- a grant to attend an interview will increase from £50,000 to £52,600
- a grant for specialist equipment for a student with a disability will
increase from £90,000 to £94,680.
Maintenance grants will receive an uplift of 2.5%, based on the *Consumer Price Index for
December 2024 published by the Office for National Statistics. The maximum maintenance
grant will increase from £8,915 to £9,138.
Tuition fee grants will increase by 3.1% to align with the new higher cap in England and Wales.
The new maximum tuition grant will increase from £9,250 to £9,535.
Deputy Ward said: ‘It is important we continue to review the support we have available for our
students to continue their education post the age of 18.
‘These changes ensure we are in line with increases to the cost of living and will help to reduce
any cost-based barriers that may prevent our young people from continuing their studies,
particularly when the majority of our young adults study in the UK and so living at home to
reduce those costs isn’t an option.'
*As most students study in the UK, that is where the majority of their maintenance money is spent.
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