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Student Services - Money Matters
Fee Remission & Concessionary Fees
Eligibility (Home and European Union students only)
The categories of learners who are entitled to fee remission are (learners only need to be eligible under any single entitlement category) this could be subject to change:
- Learners under 19 at 31.08.11.
- Learners who do not have their first full Level 2 qualification and are studying at Entry Level or Level 1, in order to enable them to progress to Level 2.
- Learners studying their first full Level 2 qualification.
- 19 - 24 year old learners studying their first full Level 3 qualification i.e. under 25 at the start of the course. Level 3 "Jumper". Learners (aged 25+) who are taking a full Level 3 qualification without having attained a full Level 2 qualification previously.
- Those in receipt of the following benefits:
- Unemployed people in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance (JSA)
- Unemployed people in receipt of Employment Support Allowance (ESA) in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG)
- Offenders who are serving their sentence in the community.
- Those taking learning aims that are funded as Adult Skills for Life and Functional Skills in Literacy and Numeracy, excluding English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) where it is delivered in a classroom.
- Asylum seekers eligible for LSC FE funding according to LSC Learner Eligibility Guidance 2007/08 and in receipt of the equivalent of income-based benefit, and their dependants;
Students classified as non-European resident are not eligible for concessionary fees.
Points to Note:
Living in the UK for three years does not, on its own, mean that a student will become eligible for "home" fees. The level of fee charged depends on whether the student meets certain criteria. Different criteria can be applied depending on whether the student is studying a course at higher education level or further education level. Individual cases should be referred to threshold services.
Detailed guidance on the current list of means tested benefits, any other categories of learner eligible for fee remission or concessionary fees and the evidence required is available from threshold services.
The fee remissions stated are correct at time of publication.
