Centre for Open Studies / Ionad an Oilein Fhosgailte

Fees and Funding

 

Fees

The course fee is shown for each entry in the programme. A few courses (for instance, practical art courses) have fees higher than others to reflect extra material costs in running the courses. Fees for all courses must be paid in full on enrolment.

Overseas Students' Fees

International students please note that all fees, and related information, given in our web pages relate to UK and EU students only. If you are from overseas and would like to study any of our courses, please contact Centre for Open Studies for further information at openstudies-enquiries@glasgow.ac.uk.

Concession fees

The Centre for Open Studies offers a 50% reduction on some of our unaccredited courses to students who are registered unemployed (you must have been registered for a continuous period no less than 6 weeks prior to the date of application), and others whose principal source of income is one of the main state benefits such as:

  • income support,
  • disabled person's tax credit, or
  • severe disablement allowance.

In addition, the concession is offered to those students who are in receipt of pension credit. Note that all Open Studies students who claim a concession fee may be asked to show evidence of their eligibility. The concession fee is shown in brackets in each course description, where applicable.

Instalments

If you will have difficulty in meeting the full course fee prior to enrolment, it may be possible to make special arrangements for payment by instalment. Please note that there is a charge of £10 for this service and payment by instalment applies only to courses with fees of £400 or more. Please apply in writing to Ms Helen McWhirr, Open Programme Administrator, Centre for Open Studies, St Andrew's Building, 11 Eldon Street, Glasgow, G3 6NH or email helen.mcwhirr@glasgow.ac.uk. Please note that such arrangements cannot be made over the telephone. Your application will be treated in confidence. An instalment plan will only be offered when no other funding options are available (see sections on Part-time Fee Grants and ILAs below.)

Funding

Fee waiver scheme

PLEASE NOTE:the fee waiver scheme for universities will no longer exist for session 2013-14. Students taking CertHE courses totalling 30 credits or more, who were eligible for the fee waiver and in receipt of benefits, will be eligible to apply for the Part Time Fee Grant (PTFG).

 Please note you must now apply via Students Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) who administer the PTFG.

Part-time Fee Grant

If you plan to study CertHE courses totalling 30 credits or more in year 2013-14, you may be eligible to apply for the part-time fee grant (PTFG). Students must be earning £25,000 or less per year including any private and state pensions. For further information and to download an application pack with completion guidelines please visit the Student Awards Agency for Scotland(SAAS) website . 

Please note: SAAS will only fund £128.50 of a language course, the remaining £71.50 must be paid by the student. The grant does not cover material and/or field course costs.

Skills Development Scotland Individual Learning Account

If your income is less than £22,000, you may qualify for the Skills Development Scotland Individual Learning Account scheme. The £200 ILA can be used towards most of our courses. Unfortunately courses which carry no credits are not eligible. For more details, and to open an account, please call the Skills Development Scotland ILA helpline free on 0808 100 1090, or visit their website at www.myworldofwork.co.uk/section/funding. Note that you must have set up your ILA account and have your learner funds available before you can enrol on a course, and before the course start date. If you are using an existing account your new learner year funds must be available before the course start date and at the time of enrolment in order to redeem them against a course.

 

Learning Works

Some of the courses in the Centre for Open Studies brochure may be available to staff taking advantage of the University of Glasgow's employee development scheme for secretarial, clerical, manual, ancillary and technical staff. For further information (staff eligible for the Learning Works' allowance only) see: www.glasgow.ac.uk/services/learningworks or telephone 0141 330 5857 or email Learning-Works@gla.ac.uk.