3. Part-time students

• Higher education courses
• Further education courses

Higher education courses

Part-time students with annual earnings of £25,000 or less can apply for a part-time fee grant from Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS). Your course must be between levels seven and ten of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework and be between 30 and 119 credits a year.

Apply online at saas.gov.uk/part-time/undergraduate-funding.

You can also claim a disabled students’ allowance (see here). There is a discretionary fund for part-time students to which you can apply if you are in hardship.

Further education courses

If you are a further education (FE) student studying part time, you can claim some of the same support as full-time students. You can claim:

•support from the childcare fund;
•support from the FE discretionary fund;
•additional support needs for learning allowance;
•study expenses allowance;
•travel expenses allowance.

Your college may be able to waive your fees if you get certain benefits or have a low income. The education maintenance allowance of £30 a week is available to part-time students as well as full-time students.1Scottish Funding Council, Education Maintenance Allowance Guidance 2023-24, November 2023

 

1     Scottish Funding Council, Education Maintenance Allowance Guidance 2023-24, November 2023 »