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Someone please help i so connfussed about courses fees and loans.

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Hi i am 29 yrs old married with a 3yr old daughter we have no income except hubbys which he earned last year 24,000 (twenty four thousand) i have been acepted on a svq level two beauty therapy course.
So my question is will i have to pay for the course?
will i be entitled to any help?
i am english also living in scotland does this make a diffrence? any advice is very welcome thanks wendy.

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  • Titch89
    Titch89 Posts: 712 Forumite
    You can only get help if you receive some sort of benefit. (JSA, IB, IS, WTC, etc)

    Is there anything on your college website about this?
  • Oldernotwiser
    Oldernotwiser Posts: 37,425 Forumite
    Hi i am 29 yrs old married with a 3yr old daughter we have no income except hubbys which he earned last year 24,000 (twenty four thousand) i have been acepted on a svq level two beauty therapy course.
    So my question is will i have to pay for the course?
    will i be entitled to any help?
    i am english also living in scotland does this make a diffrence? any advice is very welcome thanks wendy.

    Ignore Titch89.

    If this is your first level 2 qualification then you won't have to pay any course fees. I believe that the Adult Learning Grant doesn't exist in Scotland but they have an Individual Learning Account instead.I'm sure someone in Scotland will have more information on this.
  • Titch89
    Titch89 Posts: 712 Forumite
    If you can't get reduced course fees, I think you can apply to the learning support fund for help with the cost.
    If this is your first level 2 qualification then you won't have to pay any course fees.

    Weong. it's only for people under 25 and the OP is 29.
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    Titch89 wrote: »
    If you can't get reduced course fees, I think you can apply to the learning support fund for help with the cost.



    Weong. it's only for people under 25 and the OP is 29.

    Wrong again Titch89. You really need to check your facts before posting.

    You will receive full fee remission if you have been a resident of Scotland for the past three years, irrespective of age.
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  • Oldernotwiser
    Oldernotwiser Posts: 37,425 Forumite
    Titch89 wrote: »



    Weong. it's only for people under 25 and the OP is 29.

    Wrong again; the Level 2 Entitlement has no age restictions, you're thinking of the Entitlement for Level 3 courses. PLEASE don't post information unless you're sure it's correct!

    Some of us do this for a living!
  • Titch89
    Titch89 Posts: 712 Forumite
    That's not what I've been told. What I've posted (both times) I've either been told it, or seen it on the government website.
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    Titch89 wrote: »
    That's not what I've been told. What I've posted (both times) I've either been told it, or seen it on the government website.

    Feel free to post a link!
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  • Titch89
    Titch89 Posts: 712 Forumite
    Which I can't do, as it was on a form I had to print out.
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    Titch89 wrote: »
    Which I can't do, as it was on a form I had to print out.

    But you said that you had seen it on the government website? If you can't provide a linky, you can just tell us what the page is called? :confused:
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