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Student Cash: A Directory of Learner Funding Sources, 2nd edition

Resources for advisers and students about money issues while at college and university

This book provides a comprehensive guide to sources of funding for all types of learner, including:

  • School pupils

  • Full-time students in further education

  • Part-time students in further education

  • Full-time students in higher education

  • Part-time students in higher education

  • Postgraduate students

  • Adult learners

  • Open and distance learners

  • Work-based learners

  • Jobseekers

  • Learners with disabilities

  • Learners with children

  • 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.

table of contents

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Printed copies are A4 size, bound with wire ring binder.

Learner Funding Sources - Table of Contents

SECTION 1: FUNDING FOR SCHOOL PUPILS

  1. Travel Expenses
  2. Free School Meals
  3. Clothing Grants
  4. Residential School Trips
  5. The Education Maintenance Allowance (Scotland)
  6. The Education Maintenance Allowance (Wales)
  7. The Education Maintenance Allowance (Northern Ireland)

SECTION 2: FUNDING FOR FULL-TIME FE STUDENTS

  1. FE Bursary (England)
  2. Assembly Learning Grant FE (Wales)
  3. FE Maintenance Bursary (Scotland)
  4. FE Awards/Discretionary Awards (Northern Ireland)
  5. Level 2+3 Entitlement
  6. Discretionary Learner Support Funds
  7. Post-16 Award Scheme/College Bursary Scheme
  8. Travel Expenses (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
  9. Travel Expenses (Scotland)
  10. The Education Maintenance Allowance (Scotland)
  11. The Education Maintenance Allowance (Wales)
  12. The Education Maintenance Allowance (Northern Ireland)
  13. City & Guilds Access Bursaries
  14. Dance and Drama Awards
  15. Residential Allowances (England)
  16. Professional and Career Development Loans

SECTION 3: FUNDING FOR PART-TIME FE STUDENTS

  1. Individual Learning Accounts (Scotland)
  2. Further Education Awards (Northern Ireland)
  3. Level 2+3 Entitlement
  4. Discretionary Learner Support Funds
  5. City & Guilds Access Bursaries
  6. Professional and Career Development Loans

SECTION 4: FUNDING FOR FULL-TIME HE STUDENTS

  1. Maintenance Grant (England)
  2. Maintenance Grant (Northern Ireland)
  3. Assembly Learning Grant (Wales)
  4. Special Support Grant (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
  5. Tuition Fee Payments (Scotland)
  6. Student Loan for Maintenance
  7. Student Loan for Tuition Fees
  8. University Bursaries
  9. NHS Bursaries
  10. Social Work Bursaries
  11. Access to Learning Fund (England)
  12. Financial Contingency Fund (Wales)
  13. Hardship Fund (Scotland)
  14. Support Fund (Northern Ireland)
  15. Work Placements
  16. Company Sponsorship
  17. The Gilchrist Educational Trust
  18. The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust

SECTION 5: FUNDING FOR PART-TIME HE STUDENTS

  1. Part-Time Grants (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
  2. Part-Time Fee Grant (Scotland)
  3. Social Work Bursaries
  4. NHS Bursaries
  5. University Bursaries
  6. Access to Learning Fund (England)
  7. Financial Contingency Fund (Wales)
  8. Hardship Fund (Scotland)
  9. Support Fund (Northern Ireland)
  10. Professional and Career Development Loans
  11. Benefits

SECTION 6: FUNDING FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

  1. Research Council Funding
  2. Part-Time Fee Grant (Scotland)
  3. Social Work Postgraduate Bursaries
  4. Teacher Training Bursaries
  5. Graduate Teaching and Research Assistantships
  6. Professional and Career Development Loans
  7. MBA Scholarships
  8. Postgrad Solutions Bursaries

SECTION 7: FUNDING FOR ADULT LEARNERS

  1. Adult Education Bursaries
    Individual Learning Accounts (Scotland)
    Discretionary Learner Support Funds
    University Bursaries
    University Hardship Funds
    Adult Dependants' Grant
    Professional and Career Development Loans
    The Helena Kennedy Foundation
    Fine and Performing Arts Awards
    Women's Engineering Society
    Society for Promoting the Training of Women

SECTION 8: FUNDING FOR OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNERS

  1. Individual Learning Accounts (Scotland)
    Disabled Students' Allowances
    Professional and Career Development Loans

SECTION 9: FUNDING FOR WORK-BASED LEARNERS

  1. Apprenticeships (England)
    Modern Apprenticeships (Scotland)
    Apprenticeships (Northern Ireland)
    Apprenticeships (Wales)
    Skillseekers (Scotland)
    Trade Union Funding
    The Graduate Teacher Programme
    The Registered Teacher Programme

SECTION 10: FUNDING FOR JOBSEEKERS

  1. Foundation Learning (England)
    Skill Build (Wales)
    Get Ready for Work (Scotland)
    Training for Success (Northern Ireland)
    Skillseekers (Scotland)
    Individual Learning Accounts (Scotland)
    Training for Work (Scotland)
    Work Programme
    Apprenticeships
    Tax Credits
    Benefits

SECTION 11: FUNDING FOR LEARNERS WITH DISABILITIES

  1. Work Choice
    Residential Training for Disabled Adults
    Access to Work Scheme
    Disabled Students' Allowances

SECTION 12: FUNDING FOR LEARNERS WITH CHILDREN

  1. Care to Learn (FE: England)
    Childcare Grant (FE: Northern Ireland)
    Discretionary Learner Support Funds (FE: England and Wales)
    Discretionary Childcare Fund (FE and HE: Scotland)
    The Lone Parent's Childcare Grant (FE and HE: Scotland)
    Childcare Grant (HE: England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
    Parents' Learning Allowance (HE: England, Wales, Northern Ireland)
    Tax Credits

SECTION 13: FUNDING FOR LEARNERS FROM OVERSEAS

  1. Independent School Scholarships and Bursaries
    University Scholarships and Bursaries
    Chevening: UK Government Scholarships
    Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
    Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme
    Commonwealth Scholarships for Undergraduate Study
    Royal Society Fellowships
    Marshall Scholarships
    Fulbright Scholarships