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Introduction
This Guide gives an overview of the funding available from August 2007 for part-time or distance-learning students, and is a useful guide to practitioners giving advice to part-time students.
It gives details of the financial support you may be eligible for and tells you how to apply.
Definitions Of Part-time For Student Support Purposes
In further education, you will be classed as a part-time student if you attend a college course which requires a part-time weekly commitment. Your college will advise you on this.
In higher education you will be classed as part-time if your course is equivalent to at least 50% of a full-time course. Your college, university or distance-learning provider will decide whether you are working towards at least 50% of a full-time equivalent higher education course. Your course must last for more than one academic year, but not more than twice the period normally needed to complete a full-time equivalent leading to the same qualification. Distance-learning courses, for example, that are provided by the Open University in Scotland, must add up to 60 points in any year to be eligible.
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