Part time study

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Students studying part time may be eligible to receive help with the cost of tuition fees through the Individual Training Account (ITA), the SAAS Part Time Fee Grant or the Fee Waiver scheme.

For more information about these options, please see below:

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£200 Individual Training Account (ITA)

£200 Individual Training Account (ITA)

This is the successor to the previous Individual Learning Account (ILA) scheme.

In this scheme, run by Skills Development Scotland, eligible students could get up to £200 towards the cost of a single course or training episode per year, which must be geared towards helping you with getting a job or progressing in your career.  The scheme is not currently available for 2024/25.

Please check https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/funding-and-support/individual-training-accounts/ for the latest updates on the scheme.

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Part-Time Fee Grant

Part-Time Fee Grant

This scheme is run by the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) and provides assistance towards the cost of part-time tuition fees for anyone aged 16 and over, living in Scotland, earning less than £25,000 per year and studying a part-time Higher education course such as a Higher National Certificate (HNC), Higher National Diploma (HND), or a Degree.  Eligible courses are those listed in the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework as Higher Education courses at levels 7 to 10.  You must be studying between 30 and 119 Scottish Credit and Qualification Frameworks (SCQF) credits to be eligible to apply for this funding.  

This information is correct at the time of printing but may be subject to change. For the latest information please check https://www.saas.gov.uk/part-time/undergraduate-funding

You can apply online to SAAS for Part Time Fee Grant funding at: https://myportal.saas.gov.uk/saas/login 

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Fee Waivers (for Further Education courses only)

Fee Waivers (for Further Education courses only)

A Fee Waiver is support to cover the tuition fees of part time vocational study up to but not including HNC. People on low incomes or in receipt of certain Benefits may be eligible for a Fee Waiver, but evidence to support an application is required. Examples of appropriate documentary evidence include P60s, letters from the DWP confirming entitlement to Benefits and bank statements that clearly show Benefit payments. Please note that evidence must be dated within 6 months of the start date of your course, otherwise it must be accompanied by a recent bank statement confirming receipt of the Benefit.

If you wish to apply for a Fee Waiver to cover the cost of your course fees, it is essential that you provide documentary evidence to support your application with you when you enrol at the start of your college course. If you do not provide documentary evidence to support your Fee Waiver application when you start at college, we may not be able to fully enrol you on your course.

For advice on Fee Waiver or the other funding detailed on this sheet, you can contact our Student Funding Team in one of the following ways:

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Students who study part time are generally not eligible to receive support for living costs, although students aged under 20 who are studying a part time Further Education course may be eligible to apply for Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA). 
 
Additionally, if you study part time, you may be eligible to apply for help with travel costs if you live outside Perth, and study expenses.  Please contact our Student Funding Team at StudentFunding.Perth@uhi.ac.uk for more information about this.