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Help and Guidance at college
At college/university there will usually be the
admissions and guidance services section. They will have staff on hand to assist
with student financial problems all the time.
Fees for courses, registration
fees, exam fees
There are many options for NOT having to pay fees for
college courses available to students.
These include age, other benefits and certain types of courses.
After 16yrs
Where local authorities provide transport for school students, they
normally/should continue to provide transport if you attend college. Some local
authorities and colleges have various schemes of subsidising transport in other
ways. School, college or university student services will have
information on schemes and discounts available from local services or colleges.
Higher education students
A wide range of financial support is available for students on higher education
courses at university or college.
Bursaries and scholarships
Universities and colleges can provide bursaries to further assist in the
financial hardships. These bursaries and other 'incentives' are to ensure that
students should not be deterred from applying to certain universities, owing to
the costs involved. These bursaries and incentives are additional to the normal
student financial package.
Funds - Access to Learning.
There is the possibility that you could get into financial difficulties as a
student for a number of reasons! If this is the case, then do not hold back, but
seek immediate help and advice from your establishment's Access to Learning Fund
administrator.
This fund could be able to provide
you with extra money to enable you to stay in further education. It may also be
able to assist if you are on low income, or other form of financial hardship.
(In Wales, the fund is know as the
Financial Contingency Fund) |
