If you are a part-time higher education student resident in the UK, financial help is available towards your fees and other costs related to your course. How much you can get depends on your personal circumstances and the type of course you do.
Fee Grants and Course Grants
You may be able to receive a fee grant and a course grant. You do not have to repay this. The fee grant can help pay for your tuition fees. The course grant can help pay for other study costs such as books, materials and travel. If you receive a fee grant that doesn't cover the fees charged to you, you may be able to get extra money through the Additional Fee Support Scheme.
To apply for the fee and course grants, you and your course must be 'eligible'. For part-time study, this means your course must:
- last at least one year.
- not take more than twice as long to complete as an equivalent full-time course.
However, you won't qualify for the fee or course grant:
- if you already have a degree from a UK university or college.
- if you are studying a part-time course of Initial Teacher Training (you will apply for the same type of student finance as full-time students).
- if you study for more than one part-time course at a time.
Financial help is constantly changing. For further information, please refer to http://www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance/. Information is also available from ASC