Students
Professional courses
Help with funding
Professional courses
Help with funding
Help with funding
You may be able to apply for funding to help with the cost of studying.
It is important that you know what kind of funding support is available and how to apply.
You should apply for funding before your course begins so that any funding for which you are eligible is available from the start of your course.
The type of funding you might be able to get will depend on several factors, including:
Courses are usually referred to as being at further education level, undergraduate level, or postgraduate level. However, note that not all professional courses will be eligible for the support outlined on those pages.
For more information about funding, contact Student Services:
Disability support
The disability advisers offer a confidential service to all current and prospective students who are disabled or think they may have a specific learning difficulty, eg dyslexia.
Disabled students who require assistance organising disability-related support should contact the disability advisers before your course starts, to ensure arrangements are in place for the start of term. The disability advisers can be contacted:
•at our Ealing site on 020 8231 2739 or e-mail: disabilityteam@uwl.ac.uk
•at our Reading site on 0118 967 5063 / 5096 / 5436 or email: Reading.DisabilityTeam@uwl.ac.uk
Benefits / Tax Credits
Studying may affect your eligibility for and entitlement to state benefits, particularly if you study on a full-time course. Several types of benefit may be affected.
Even if you remain eligible to claim, entitlement to certain elements of student funding may still reduce your (or your partner’s) benefits.
It is recommended that you seek advice about this as early as possible.
You have a duty to inform the relevant authority about becoming a full-time student and being entitled to student funding.
Studying should not affect your eligibility for child tax credit, and most student funding is ignored when calculating your (or your partner's) entitlement.
However, a change to the number of hours that you are working may affect your eligibility for working tax credit.
We recommend that you should inform the relevant authority if you become a student and if you are entitled to student funding.
More information about this is available from the student advisers in Student Services.
It is important that you know what kind of funding support is available and how to apply.
You should apply for funding before your course begins so that any funding for which you are eligible is available from the start of your course.
The type of funding you might be able to get will depend on several factors, including:
- your personal eligibility
- whether your course is eligible
- your mode of study.
Courses are usually referred to as being at further education level, undergraduate level, or postgraduate level. However, note that not all professional courses will be eligible for the support outlined on those pages.
For more information about funding, contact Student Services:
- at our Ealing site on 020 8231 2573
- at our Reading site on 0800 036 8888 or 0118 967 5000.
Disability support
The disability advisers offer a confidential service to all current and prospective students who are disabled or think they may have a specific learning difficulty, eg dyslexia.
Disabled students who require assistance organising disability-related support should contact the disability advisers before your course starts, to ensure arrangements are in place for the start of term. The disability advisers can be contacted:
•at our Ealing site on 020 8231 2739 or e-mail: disabilityteam@uwl.ac.uk
•at our Reading site on 0118 967 5063 / 5096 / 5436 or email: Reading.DisabilityTeam@uwl.ac.uk
Benefits / Tax Credits
Studying may affect your eligibility for and entitlement to state benefits, particularly if you study on a full-time course. Several types of benefit may be affected.
Even if you remain eligible to claim, entitlement to certain elements of student funding may still reduce your (or your partner’s) benefits.
It is recommended that you seek advice about this as early as possible.
You have a duty to inform the relevant authority about becoming a full-time student and being entitled to student funding.
Studying should not affect your eligibility for child tax credit, and most student funding is ignored when calculating your (or your partner's) entitlement.
However, a change to the number of hours that you are working may affect your eligibility for working tax credit.
We recommend that you should inform the relevant authority if you become a student and if you are entitled to student funding.
More information about this is available from the student advisers in Student Services.
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