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Fees
Most students studying part-time and on distance-learning courses will have to pay tuition fees. However, your college or university may waive your fees if you are on a low income or receive certain benefits, and the course you are studying qualifies for a fee waiver.
If you are studying an eligible course at one of Scotland's colleges, you may qualify for free tuition if you meet at least one of the following conditions:
you receive any of these benefits
- Severe Disablement Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance
- Attendance Allowance
- Incapacity Benefit
- Carer's Allowance (or carers who have an 'underlying entitlement' to Carer's Allowance but gave up the allowance to, for example, claim their pension)
your family receives any of these benefits
- Income Support
- Working Tax Credit
- Pension Credit
- Income-based Job Seekers Allowance
- Housing Benefits
- you are a registered job seeker
- you, or your spouse or parent are an asylum seeker living in Scotland
- you are in the care of a local authority and are living in a foster home, or children's home
- you are on a low income, and you can provide evidence to the college that your family's income is at or below the income thresholds for 2006/07.
| taxable income (in previous financial tax year) at or below |
|---|
households with only one person | £6,993 |
|---|
households with a couple, no children | £11,473 |
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households with dependent children | £16,718 |
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A similar scheme applies for those studying eligible part-time courses at higher education institutions. Here you must meet at least one of the following conditions:
you receive any of these benefits
- Severe Disablement Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance
- Incapacity Benefit
- Carer's Allowance (or carers who have an 'underlying entitlement' to Carer's Allowance but gave up the allowance to, for example, claim their pension)
- Attendance Allowance
your family receives any of these benefits
- Income Support
- Working Tax Credit
- Pension Credit
- Housing Benefits
- Income-based Job Seekers Allowance
- the sole income to your family is Department of Work and Pensions ( DWP) benefits
- you are a registered job seeker and have been so for a continuous period of no less than six weeks prior to the date of application
- your family's net income is less than the level for receiving income support.
Postgraduate courses are not eligible for 'fee waiver' support.
For more information on the fee waiver scheme and eligibility details please contact your college or university.
If you or your chosen course are not eligible for a 'fee waiver', you may qualify for an Individual Learning Account ( ILA Scotland).
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