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Fee Waiver

If you are in receipt of a relevant benefit, and studying less than 16 hours per week, the tuition fees for most part-time and evening classes may be waived.

Not all courses offer fee waiver, so please check with the relevant faculty before enrolling.

Exam fees for sign language courses do not qualify for fee waiver.

Part-time Tuition Fee Waiver Policy 2010/11

It should be noted that appropriate documentary evidence of benefit MUST be produced before a fee waiver can be authorised. The burden of proof is on the student to satisfy the college with evidence of their eligibility status.

Students may apply to have class fees waived subject to the conditions set out below.

1 Where the student and/or PARTNER are in receipt of:
  • Income Support
  • Working Tax Credit (not Child Tax Credit)
  • Pension Credit
  • Income-based Job Seekers Allowance
  • Income Related Employed and Support Allowance (ESA)
  • Housing Benefit
2 Where a dependent student's family are in receipt of:
  • Income Support
  • Working Tax Credit (not Child Tax Credit)
  • Pension Credit
  • Income-based Job Seekers Allowance
  • Income Related Employed and Support Allowance (ESA)
  • Housing Benefit
3 Where the student is in receipt of:
  • Carer's Allowance
  • Disability Living Allowance
  • Severe Disablement Allowance
  • Attendance Allowance
  • Incapacity Benefit
  • Contributory Employment & Support Allowance (ESA)
4 Where the taxable income of the student's family in the previous financial tax year (2009-10) is equal to, or lower than the threshold of:

£8,282 - Households with only one person

£12,395 - Households consisting of a couple without children

£18,977 - Households with dependent children

5 Where the student is:

  • An Asylum Seeker living in Scotland.
  • The spouse of an asylum seeker living in Scotland
  • The child of an Asylum Seeker living in Scotland
6 Where the student is:

In the care of a local authority and is living in a foster home or children's home, regardless of the students' age.

The student will be required to fill out and sign a Part-Time Tuition Fee Waiver Application Form and produce evidence at the time of enrolment to substantiate their claim.

This evidence will be checked by a member of college staff & the type of evidence produced noted on the fee waiver application.

Types of acceptable documentary evidence

The following official documents will be accepted as valid proof of Fee Waiver evidence. This evidence must show the address of the student, the type of benefit and be relevant to the category of fee waiver for which you are claiming.
  • Letter from Department of Work & Pensions
  • Letter from Job Centre Plus
  • Letter from HM Revenue & Customs
  • P60 2009/10
  • SAAS Award letter
  • Local Authority Letter
  • Home Office Documentation
NB. Fee Waiver applications or Discounted fees cannot be used in conjunction with Individual Learning Account (ILA) funding.