Helping you meet the costs of learning: Students with Dependent Children (including lone parents) 2008 - 2009

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What's On Offer?

Type of Funding or support

TYPE OF LEARNING

Staying
at
school

Full-time

Part-time

Distance learning

Learning
while you
work

Contracted
training
provision
(see below)

FE

HE

FE

HE

FE

HE

Course Fees

Tuition Fee

v

v

v

v

v

v

ILA Scotland

v

v

v

v

v

v

Career Development Loan

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

PSAS (see below)

v

Living Costs

Education Maintenance

v

v

Allowances

Student Loans

v

NHS Bursaries

v

HE Young Student Bursary

v

HE Students Outside Scotland Bursary

v

FE Maintenance Bursary

v

Travel Costs

v

v

v

v

Study Costs

v

v

v

Help for Dependants

Adult Dependant's Grant

v

v

Child Tax Credit

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

Lone Parent's Grant

v

Lone Parent's Childcare Grant

v

Childcare Funds

v

v

v

v

Other Support

Disabled Student's Allowance

v

v

v

Additional Support Needs for Learning Allowance

v

v

Modern Apprenticeship

v

Skillseekers

v

New Deal

v

Training for Work

v

v

Get Ready for Work

v

Discretionary Funds

v

v

v

v

v

v

Vacation Grant for Care Leavers

v

Funding from Charities and Educational Trusts

v

v

v

v

NB: This is a general guide and only indicates the funding that you may receive.
Contracted training provision is training that is bought in, either by a Local Enterprise Company (in the case of Training for Work and Get Ready for Work) or Jobcentre Plus (in the case of New Deal programmes). Training for Work participants can be either employed or non-employed status.
PSAS - Postgraduate Students' Allowance Scheme

Page updated: Thursday, June 26, 2008