Forms and Guides 2010/11

The forms and guides below are for the academic year 2010/11.

Returning Your Completed Forms

You should send your completed forms to your Education and Library Board (ELB). To identify your ELB and find their contact details please refer to the ELB finder.

The forms and guides on this page are provided in Portable Document Format (PDF). To view this you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader. available for free download.

• Full Time Students
• Parents and partners of students
• Complaints

10/11 Full-time students

These guidebooks provide detailed information on all aspects of the financial support available during 10/11:

• A Guide to Financial Support for Higher Education Students 2010/11 (348 kb)
• Higher Education Student Finance - How you are assessed and paid (840kB)
• Guide to Terms and Conditions (2.16mb)

Students wishing to apply for support should complete the following forms:

New Students

• PN1 - New Students application form (2.43mb)
• Guidance Notes (1.03mb)

Birth Certificates or Adoption Certificates for evidence

We recommend that new students applying for support in 10/11 submit their passport as proof of identity. Those students who are not passport holders can submit their

• Birth/Adoption Certificate Declaration Form (36kB);
• Acceptable countersignatures - list of the people who are allowed to sign your Declaration form (78kb)

This form contains two separate declarations. The Applicant's Declaration of Identity must be signed by the student to confirm their identity. The Identity Confirmation Form is to verify your identity and must be completed by a person of good standing in the community who has known you for at least two years. Please note: this person must be currently in employment, and they must supply a phone number for their place of work.

Continuing Students

• PR1 - Continuing students application form (1.43mb)
• Guidance Notes (381kb)

Loan Request Forms

For students who have already applied for support and now wish to amend either the amount of Maintenance Loan or Tuition Fee Loan they requested:

• Maintenance Loan Request Form (60kB)
• Tuition Fee Loan Request Form (61kB)

Disabled Students' Allowances

If you have completed or are completing your Application for Student Finance and you also want to apply for Disabled Students' Allowances, you should complete the slimline version of the DSA1 form.

• DSA1 Slimline Form (245kB)

If you are applying for Disabled Students' Allowances only, or if you are a part-time student, a post graduate student or if you are studying your course by distance learning you must complete the full version of the DSA1 form.

• DSA1 - Application form (931kB)
• DSA1 Guidance Notes (343kB)
• Bridging The Gap: A guide to the Disabled Students' Allowances (DSAs) in higher education (520kB)

Change of Circumstance

• CO1 - Change of circumstances form for full-time courses (261kB)

Missing Signature

Missing signature - complete this form if you did not sign your paper application, when you applied for student finance:

• Student Signature Form (44kb)

Childcare Grant

Information on all aspects of financial support, including the Childcare Grant, for student parents:

• Childcare Grant and other support for full-time student parents in higher education (2.11mb)
• CCG1 - Application for help with childcare costs (175kb)

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Parents, husbands, wives and partners of students

To provide your financial information in support of a student's application (where it has not been provided on the main application form):

• PFF1 - for a student you are supporting for the first time (1.94mb)
• PFF2 (400kb) - for a student you have supported before

Missing signature - complete this form if you did not sign the paper form when you supported a student's application for finance:

• Sponsor Signature Form (44kb)

For more information, visit What part do I play in providing financial support?

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Make a complaint to Student Finance Northern Ireland

We very much hope that you are satisfied with the service you've received. However, we do recognise that from time to time things can go wrong. If you have tried phoning us to sort this out but still feel we haven't been able to resolve your issue you may wish to use our formal complaints handling service.

Please download the leaflet 'How to Make a Complaint (PDF 71.4 kB)', published by the Student Loans Company on behalf of Student Finance NI.

Please note that you should not raise a complaint if you have a general account enquiry, or are having problems with the online application. If you have a general enquiry please contact Student Finance NI.

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