4. Postgraduates
The Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) provides support for taught or research-based postgraduate courses at diploma or masters level. The funding is also available for taught or research-based distance-learning postgraduate courses. Awards from SAAS consist of:1Student Awards Agency Scotland, Guide to Postgraduate Funding 2020-2021 at •a tuition fee loan of up to £5,500;
•a living-cost loan of up to £4,500 (full-time courses only);
•disabled students’ allowance.
Part-time postgraduate students can apply for the tuition fee loan of £5,500.
All postgraduate students can also apply to the postgraduate discretionary fund and childcare fund.
Research councils also give awards for postgraduate courses and each have their own rules for how grants are awarded. Typically, an award may consist of tuition fees, a maintenance grant, dependants’ grant, disabled students’ allowance and a research support grant.
Social work students can apply to the Scottish Social Services Council for a postgraduate bursary made up of an income-assessed grant, supplementary grants, travel costs for placements and tuition fees.
Professional Graduate Diploma in Education students are eligible for the same support as undergraduates (see here). Self-funding full- and part-time postgraduates can get a disabled students’ allowance from SAAS.