In 2000,
tuition fees for students living in Scotland and EU students who
undertake full-time non-advanced courses of further education were
abolished. Some part-time students in receipt of means tested benefits,
on a low income, or disabled may also be eligible for free tuition. The
colleges can provide financial assistance for students on further
education courses, which, subject to means testing, may provide support
towards maintenance costs, travel and study expenses. Local authorities
also have discretionary powers to offer assistance to individuals
ordinarily resident in their areas who are not attending one of the
incorporated colleges or who are attending a college outwith Scotland.
In
December 2004 the Scottish Government introduced Individual Learning
Accounts (ILA) Scotland. ILA Scotland can help pay for a wide range of
learning with a variety of approved providers in colleges,
universities, the community and private organisations. If you are aged
16 or over, live in Scotland, are not in full-time higher education and
earn £18,000 a year or less you can apply for an ILA that will give you
up to £200 a year towards the cost of learning.
Higher Education
The
Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) assists (through the
Students’ Allowances Scheme) students undertaking full-time and some
part-time higher education courses in universities or colleges.
Eligible full-time Scottish-domiciled and EU students following HNC,
HND and degree level courses at a Scottish institution are entitled to
free tuition and living costs support through partly means-tested loans
(Student Loan Scheme). Young students from low income families can have
part of their support provided as a Young Students’ Bursary, which they
do not have to repay. Some other groups of students (including disabled
students and students with dependants) are also eligible to receive
extra help through non-repayable supplementary grants and hardship
bursaries. Rules for the payment of means-tested benefits are being
updated to treat co-habiting couples in a similar way to married ones.
Support policy for part-time students is under review.
Since
September 2006 universities and colleges in England, Wales and Northern
Ireland have different arrangements for charging fees. Students living
in Scotland who study elsewhere in the UK can borrow up to £3000 from
SAAS to cover the cost of their fees. They are also entitled to living
cost support in the form of a partly means-tested loan and, if
eligible, to the Students’ Bursary and supplementary grants described
in the previous paragraph. In addition Scottish students can apply for
bursaries being offered by universities and colleges in England and
Northern Ireland.
Eligible part-time students studying at least
50% of a full-time course either through attendance at the institution
or by distance learning are also eligible for a fee grant of £500.00.
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