Mature students and return to study

Student assistance is available to qualifying students of any age, regardless of how long it’s been since they last attended school.

Here are some topics that may be of interest to mature students, or students returning to school after being away from school for a while:

• Part-Time student loans and grants
• Determining your student category
• Students with dependants
• Record of education and employment
• Pre-study period earnings and Study-Period Earnings
• Married students and spouse’s contribution amount
• Financing your education (includes retraining and employment insurance programs)
• Student loans in default
• Maintaining interest-free status on existing loans while you study full-time