money for open university study

katemoss · 12 February 2007 at 8:38PM

I am studying part time open university courses. I work 5 hours a week a waitress, my husband works full time and earns around 18000 a year. we have 2 young children. Is there any money we can get because i study?

ChrissieI · 12 February 2007 at 9:12PM

You might qualify for financial assistance. I think it depends on the amount of points the course is worth.
Give the open university a ring I have always found them lovely people to talk to.

mouseymousey99 · 12 February 2007 at 10:07PM

You may get some assistance buying a computer if your course states you need one.

peter999 · 12 February 2007 at 10:53PM

See following thread (page34, post #670 onwards), has few people who study on OU.
They may be able to help.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=4233329#post4233329

peter999

Oldernotwiser · 12 February 2007 at 11:52PM

The OU has a self assessment questionnaire which should be able to give you an immediate indication as to your eligibility for financial help.

http://www3.open.ac.uk/coursefinance/

Hope the answer is positive!

Becles · 12 February 2007 at 11:54PM

You should get some help towards study. Our household income is a little more than yours, and we got some help towards courses.

katemoss · 13 February 2007 at 9:23AM

thank you all, yes I can get money towards the courses, but i've seen on here about the money for 16+ yrs staying on at school, and a new one for Adult learners so wondered if there was anything like that. Although the money for the courses is essential, we need money for food too!

rosy · 13 February 2007 at 9:41AM

Where do you stay? If it's Scotland, you can get an annual payment of £200 from ILA Scotland towards the cost of certain courses if you are over 18 and your own personal income is less than £15000 per year ( husband's income doesn't matter ).

http://www.ilascotland.org.uk/ILA+Homepage.htm

Oldernotwiser · 13 February 2007 at 9:51AM

katemoss wrote:

thank you all, yes I can get money towards the courses, but i've seen on here about the money for 16+ yrs staying on at school, and a new one for Adult learners so wondered if there was anything like that. Although the money for the courses is essential, we need money for food too!

This extra money is only for people on full time courses. As most people study with the OU part time, the assumption is that they're maintaining themselves by some other means ( job, benefits etc.) and therefore the funding applies only to study costs and not to maintenance.

shameless-about-money · 13 February 2007 at 9:58AM

katemoss wrote:

thank you all, yes I can get money towards the courses, but i've seen on here about the money for 16+ yrs staying on at school, and a new one for Adult learners so wondered if there was anything like that. Although the money for the courses is essential, we need money for food too!

You will qualify for a Career Development Loan and the living expenses

http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_10034918.pdf

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/AdultLearning/CareerDevelopmentLoans/index.htm

goingtothedogs · 13 February 2007 at 2:14PM

You'll can now pay for OU courses using Tesco Clubcard vouchers. There are lots of tricks to boost your clubcard points on the Vouchers Board, plus, you can usually buy clubcard vouchers on ebay for about half what they are worth in vouchers - so you effectively get the course half price.

Good luck with your studies

money for open university study

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