Student Cash: A Directory of Learner Funding Sources, 2009/10

This book provides a comprehensive guide to sources of funding for all types of learner, including:
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School pupils
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Full-time students in further education
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Part-time students in further education
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Full-time students in higher education
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Part-time students in higher education
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Postgraduate students
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Adult learners
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Open and distance learners
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Work-based learners
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Job-seekers
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Learners with disabilities
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Learners with children
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Learners from overseas
Each entry includes information about the type of scheme, amount of money available, eligibility criteria, application procedures, contact details and links to relevant funding organisations.
Electronic copies are sent via email.
Printed copies are A4 size, bound with wire ring binder.
Learner Funding Sources, 2009/10 - Table of Contents
SECTION 1: FUNDING FOR SCHOOL PUPILS
- Travel expenses
- Free school meals
- Clothing grants
- Residential school trips
- The Education Maintenance Allowance (England)
- The Education Maintenance Allowance (Scotland)
- The Education Maintenance Allowance (Wales)
- The Education Maintenance Allowance (Northern Ireland)
SECTION 2: FUNDING FOR FULL-TIME FE STUDENTS
- Discretionary support funds
- Travel expenses (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
- Travel expenses (Scotland)
- City and Guilds Access Bursaries
- Adult Learning Grant (England)
- The Education Maintenance Allowance (England)
- The Education Maintenance Allowance (Scotland)
- The Education Maintenance Allowance (Wales)
- The Education Maintenance Allowance (Northern Ireland)
- Dance and Drama Awards
SECTION 3: FUNDING FOR PART-TIME FE STUDENTS
- Individual Learning Accounts (Wales)
- Individual Learning Accounts (Scotland)
- Career Development Loans
- Discretionary support funds
- Further Education Awards (Northern Ireland)
SECTION 4: FUNDING FOR FULL-TIME HE STUDENTS
- Maintenance Grant (England)
- Maintenance Grant (Northern Ireland)
- Assembly Learning Grant (Wales)
- Special Support Grant (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
- The Tuition Fee Grant (Wales)
- Tuition fee payments (Scotland)
- Student loan for maintenance
- Student loan for tuition fees
- University bursaries
- NHS bursaries
- Social work bursaries
- Access to Learning Fund (England)
- Financial Contingency Fund (Wales)
- Hardship Fund (Scotland)
- Support Fund (Northern Ireland)
- Fine and Performing Arts Awards
- Work placements
- Company sponsorship
- The Gilchrist Educational Trust
- The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust
SECTION 5: FUNDING FOR PART-TIME HE STUDENTS
- University bursaries
Access to Learning Fund (England)
Financial Contingency Fund (Wales)
Hardship Fund (Scotland)
Support Fund (Northern Ireland)
Individual Learning Accounts (Scotland)
Career Development Loans
Part-time grants
Social work part-time bursaries
Benefits
SECTION 6: FUNDING FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS
- Research Council funding
The Learning Through Work scheme
Individual Learning Accounts (Scotland)
Career Development Loans
Association of MBAs Loan Scheme
Professional Loan Schemes
Social work postgraduate bursaries
SECTION 7: FUNDING FOR ADULT LEARNERS
- Adult Learning Grant (England)
Adult Education Bursaries
Career Development Loans
Individual Learning Accounts (Scotland)
Individual Learning Accounts (Wales)
Adult Dependants’ Grant
The Helena Kennedy Foundation
SECTION 8: FUNDING FOR OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNERS
- Individual Learning Accounts (Scotland)
Disabled Students’ Allowances
Career Development Loans
SECTION 9: FUNDING FOR WORK-BASED LEARNERS
- Time off for study or training
Apprenticeships (England)
Apprenticeships (Scotland)
Apprenticeships (Northern Ireland)
Apprenticeships (Wales)
Skillseekers (Scotland)
Trade union funding
The Learning Through Work scheme
Train to Gain
The Graduate Teacher Programme
The Registered Teacher Programme
SECTION 10: FUNDING FOR UNEMPLOYED LEARNERS
- Entry to Employment (England)
Skill Build (Wales)
Get Ready for Work (Scotland)
Training for Success (Northern Ireland)
Skillseekers (Scotland)
Individual Learning Accounts (Wales)
Individual Learning Accounts (Scotland)
Training for Work (Scotland)
New Deal
SECTION 11: FUNDING FOR LEARNERS WITH DISABILITIES
- Pathways to Work
New Deal for Disabled People
Residential training for disabled adults
Work preparation programme
WORKSTEP
Access to Work scheme
Disabled Students’ Allowances
SECTION 12: FUNDING FOR LEARNERS WITH CHILDREN
- Care to Learn (FE: England)
Sixth Form College Childcare Scheme (FE: England)
Childcare Support Funds (FE)
Childcare fund (FE: Scotland)
Further Education Awards (FE: Northern Ireland)
New Deal for Lone Parents
Free Childcare for Training and Learning for Work
Tax credits
Childcare Grant (HE: England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Parents’ Learning Allowance (HE: England, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Lone Parents’ Grant (HE: Scotland)
Childcare Grant for Lone Parents (HE: Scotland)
SECTION 13: FUNDING FOR LEARNERS FROM OVERSEAS
- Independent school scholarships and bursaries
University scholarships and bursaries
British Chevening Scholarships
Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme
Overseas Research Students Award Scheme
Royal Society Fellowships
Marshall Scholarships
Fulbright Scholarships