Below is a list of courses we support plus a link to those we don't. Select the appropriate link for more information. If you are not sure if you will get funding for your course, contact us for advice.
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HNC, HND, Degree, PGDE and PGDipCE courses
Support is available to eligible students who are on full-time HNC, HND, degree or equivalent courses. It is also available to those studying a Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Community Education (PGDipCE). We give support for these courses under the Students' Allowances Scheme. The main groups of full-time courses the scheme cover are listed below:
- validated first-degree courses at universities and colleges in Great Britain and Northern Ireland at Trinity College in Dublin and at the colleges of the National University of Ireland (University College Dublin, University College Cork, University College Galway and Maynooth)
- one year courses leading to a Higher National Certificate (HNC)
- one year courses leading to a Certificate in Higher Education (CertHE)
- courses leading to a Higher National Diploma (HND)
- courses leading to the Diploma in Higher Education (DipHE)
- courses leading to Advanced Diploma and some one year Diploma courses
- courses leading to a qualification that gives professional registration in one of the Allied Health Professions. These include speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, radiography, podiatry (chiropody), orthoptics, dental hygiene, dietetics, prosthetics and orthotics. Students on these courses receive different support arrangements from other undergraduates. Special arrangements have been agreed with the Department of Health for English and Welsh domiciled students undertaking these courses at a Scottish institution
- courses leading to Certificates and Diplomas in Social Work taken as a first course. Awards for postgraduate social work courses in Scotland are the responsibility of the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), Compass House, Discovery Quay, 11 Riverside Drive , Dundee , DD1 4NY . Phone 0845 6030891. Contact them direct for more information. Their website is www.sssc.uk.com and their e-mail address is enquiries@sssc.uk.com
- certain advanced courses of study at theological colleges. Please contact us for more information.
- certain courses at privately-funded institutions including those chosen for support by the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) at institutions in England and Wales
- Professional Graduate Diplomas in Education (PGDE) and Postgraduate Diplomas in Community Education (PGDipCE).
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Foundation courses
Support is available for certain preliminary or foundation courses which will prepare you for degree-level study, as long as you meet the following two conditions
- you enrol for the whole course and not just the foundation year; and
- the institution concerned treats the foundation year (even though it is optional) as a necessary part of the degree course.
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Courses we do not assist
The main groups of courses which we do not support are in the list below. If you are taking one of the courses listed below, you can visit our other sources of funding section for information on financial help.
- School-level courses
- National Diplomas
- National Certificates
- Advanced Certificates
- City and Guilds of the London Institute courses
- Nurse-education and training courses. See our nursing section for support we can pay if you are studying a full-time nursing diploma or degree. for other nursing courses You can also get information from:
National Board for Nursing,
Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland
22 Queen Street
EDINBURGH
EH2 1NT
Phone 0131 220 8660
Website www.nes.scot.nhs.uk
- Post-registration nursing degrees
- Training for work courses funded by Local Enterprise Companies
- All part-time courses, correspondence and distance-learning courses, including those the Open University offer. If you are a part-time or distance-learning student, you may be eligible to apply for the part-time fee grant from ILA Scotland and extra help from us if you have a disability in the form of a Disabled Students' Allowance. We do not cover periods of full-time study which are part of an Open University by these arrangements. The Open University will tell you about the support available for its courses. Please contact:
The Open University
Central Enquiry Service
PO Box 200 Milton Keynes
MK7 6YZ.
Phone: 01908 653231
Website: www.open.ac.uk