ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION COURSE

[dylan1959]

my daughter has just got on this course at local college will she be entitled to any grants etc even though she works fulltime as well the course costs £1675 tia

[dylan1959]

she is 23 the course is 16 hrs its classed as full time course

[factor-fiction]

Is she going to carry on working? I hope she can find a way of making it work.
Is she looking for LOAN rather than a grant to cover the fees?
She should ask the college.

[factor-fiction]

What is the level of the course please, dylan1959?

[dylan1959]

level3 factor 30

[dylan1959]

has any 1 got any answer to the original question plz

[factor-fiction]

Yes. The answer I gave earlier was to ask the college.

This site may help too. http://www.direct.gov...Learners/DG_10033132.

Is she going to carry on working full time as well as doing a full time course?

[dylan1959]

shes hoping she can get a grant or something -but doesnt want to start the course in case she wont get it-it takes about 6wks and yes she will still be working full time

[factor-fiction]

Good luck to her but if I was handing out grants for a full time course I'd be reluctant to give one to someone who was also intending to work full time.
Is she living at home with you and are you or another parent working?

[factor-fiction]

The link I sent before doesn't seem to work now.
Have a look here.
http://www.direct.gov...tLearners/DG_10033132

[dylan1959]

no i dont work due to very bad rheumatoid arthritis and i am widowed-yet its OK for immigrants to get on the course FREE .she pays all the household bills etc -i just thought she mayb entitled to a little something

[factor-fiction]

I'm not sure what you mean by " immigrants get on the course free"?
Have you got a link for that?
If she gives up her full time job then maybe you would be entitled to claim benefits and she might be a entitled to some sort of financial support as mentioned in the links.
I still don not see how your daughtercould hold down a full time job and attend a full time course- or do you just mean 'permanent, part time' rather than 'full time' work?

[sandyRoe]

How do you know immigrants get places on that course for free?

[boxtops]

Agree with factor - 16 hours pw does count as full time, as it does in employment, so presumably she's at college 2 days pw then working the other 3 days?

There will be a student support department at the college - that's where she should be asking these questions, even before she signs up - they will have all the necessary forms she may need to fill in, or they'll tell her where to find them. The course fee is about average in my experience for a full year part time course.

[dylan1959]

to recent questions my daughter works in local hospital mon-fri 8.00,-6.30-with 1 day off-"this day off"-she does 10.00am-9.00pm in the college PLUS1 evening 6pm-9pm-just to try and get a better job in the future .ohh by the way people where there from abroad on benefits all they had to pay was £20-the only problem they told the tutors "oh all my GCSE certificates are still abroad".Why should my daughter go on benefits becoz at the end of the day SHE will be paying any loan back.

[sandyRoe]

If she was on benefits could she go on the course for £20?

[boxtops]

dylan, forget the other people who may be getting it free - has your daughter been to the college to ask about eligibility for grants yet? They are the only people who know for certain whether she can claim. Our local college lays all that stuff out in their prospectus about who has to pay and how much.

[dylan1959]

i forgot to mention 16 hrs is classed as full time especially doin 3 subjects sociology psychology and health science tia

[boxtops]

I already said that in an earlier post. Has she asked the college yet?

[dylan1959]

why should she go on benefits-thats the problem in this country