Tuition Fees

If you're under 19 it's all free. If you are 19 or older then fees may be payable, depending on the course you choose.
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Full Time Fees
Most of our full time further education courses are FREE to students who are resident in the UK or another EU country. But remember that even though you will not be paying tuition fees, you will have other expenses, such as exam fees and the cost of materials.

Our Customer Services Points can give you details of what expenses are involved in a particular course. Fees are charged for commercial courses and for higher education courses. Overseas students have to pay fees on all courses. For further details call 020 8257 4446 and ask for Customer Services.
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Part Time Fees
Our Customer Service Points have details of tuition fees for part time courses. However, you may qualify for FREE ENTRY if you are receiving:

Unemployment Benefit (Jobseeker's Allowance)
Income Support
Family Credit
Disability Allowance
Housing Benefit/Council Tax rebate
A retirement pension.

You may also qualify for FREE ENTRY if you are:
an unwaged dependant of someone receiving any of the benefits listed above, taking a Basic Education course or taking a course in English as an Additional Language.
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Grants
If you are a full time student, you may be eligible for a grant or an Educational Maintenance Award (EMA) from your Local Education Authority to help you with exam fees, meals and other expenses. Phone numbers for the local student grants and awards offices are:

Newham 020 8430 4884 (Monday-Friday 1.30-5.15pm)
Barking & Dagenham 020 8227 3309 direct line
Hackney 020 8356 7253
Redbridge 020 8708 4189 (for surnames A-K) 020 8708 4184 (for surnames L-Z)
Tower Hamlets 020 7364 4504/4226
Waltham Forest 020 8539 4767 direct line

Most of our courses require less than 16 hours supervised study a week, so you may still be eligible for help as long as you continue to look for work and are willing to leave the course if a job becomes available. Our Student Advice Service can help you.

They can also advise you of other benefits, such as Income Support, Housing Benefit, Child Benefit and Disability Benefit.
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Financial Support
If you are in financial difficulty, you may be eligible for help from our Access Fund (for full time students over 19). Our Student Advice Service can also tell you about other sources of financial support for students.
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Help with Exam Entry Fees
We subsidise exam entry fees for many courses.

Higher Education Fees

2010-11:

Undergraduate	Full time	Part time (50%)
Home/EU Students*	£3,290.00	£1,645
International Students	£7,688	£3,844

**Note the fee is the same even if this is your second degree. Most providers charge home/EU students who already have a degree international fees.

Postgraduate	Full time	Per credit**
Home/EU Students	£7,688	£42.71
International Students	£7,688	£42.71

**A postgraduate Master’s degree consists of 180 credits.

Loans and Grants:
All Home/EU students should contact Student Finance England (www.studentfinancedirect.co.uk) to find out about eligibility for the many grants and loans available. Because of the delays in getting funding you are advised to put in your application for funding as soon as you are able - this can be before you are offered a place.

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