Stockton Riverside College :: Higher Education Financial Support

Higher Education Financial Support at Stockton Riverside College

For all Higher Education courses offered in partnership with a particular university students will receive an invoice for fees from that university. The exceptions to this are the following professional programmes: Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Chartered Management Institute (CMI) programmes when students will be invoiced directly by the college.

Financial assistance may be available to those studying certain programmes, dependent upon the individual circumstances. Those applying for Foundation Degrees, B.A. (Honours) Degrees, Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and Certificate in Education (Cert Ed) programmes should contact the Student Loans Company (SLC) on 0845 6077577 for information on financial support that may be accessed and how to apply for that support. Application forms for financial support can be obtained directly from the SLC by download at: www.dcsf.gov.uk/studentsupport and online applications can be submitted to www.studentfinance.direct.gov.uk.

The individual universities have staff available to discuss possible individual student financial entitlements and they are able to provide details of university-based grants and bursaries. Please contact the Student Services offices of the relevant university, (01642) 342277 or e-mail studentfinance@tees.ac.uk, for the University of Teesside or (01484) 422288, or e-mail studentfinancialsupport@hud.ac.uk, for the University of Huddersfield. Further information on finance issues can be accessed through UCAS on their website, www.ucas.co.uk.

Those applying for University of Teesside's University Certificate of Advanced Professional Development (UCAPD), University Certificate in Professional Development (UCPD), University Certificate in Continuing Education (UCCE), University Certificate of Credit courses and the PGCE "Skills for Life" Subject Specialist Teachers programmes run at the college should contact the University of Teesside Student Finance office, (01642) 342277 or e-mail studentfinance@tees.ac.uk for advice and guidance on what assistance may be available.

Information about finance for Higher Education courses can be found in the following guides issued by the University of Teesside:

Student Support (PDF, 242 Kb)
Funding for Part-Time courses (PDF, 140 Kb)
NHS Bursaries (PDF, 226 Kb)

For all other courses listed in this prospectus, applicants should contact Stockton Riverside College on (01642) 865566 to discuss eligibility for financial help with course fees.

New regulations were introduced by the government in the academic year 2008/2009 with regard to the level of qualifications already held by individuals, referred to as Earlier Learner Qualifications (ELQs), and the entitlement to fee support for future programmes of study at the same level or above those already held. Although there are a significant number of exemptions to the regulations, prospective applicants should be aware of the implications of ELQs on fee support for their chosen programme of study; further information is available from student services at the universities and in the college and should be sought before applying for a course.

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