College fees

3v3

double_mummy wrote: »

Hi everyone

I am 22 with two children and a disabled partner, we live off of income support with incapacity credits, child tax credits, child benefit, housing benefit and council tax benefit.

I have just completed my level 3 in accountancy and have now been told by my college that the fees for next year will be 1250 GBP with 250 GBP to be paid in 10 days (i was told this about 20 mins ago) this is almost tripled the fees from last year

I have also been told that i do not qualify for reduced fees any more as they are only for job seekers allowance and Incapacity Benefit

I am trying to do this now so i can get a worthwhile job and support my family but there seems to be no help unless the government is forcing me to look for work.

It will be a part time course over 1 academic year is there anythign anyone can advise (have already checked about the discretionary (sp?) learners fund and I will not qualify as they have already had too many applicants for the amount of money they have) anything at all that can help me pay my fees???


Thank you

xxxxxx

There *is* help, you are simple not seeing the whole picture right now.

Why pursue college? If accountancy is your "thing", sign up for an accountancy degree. Yes, you have to repay your uni loans, but, under your circs, most will be grant anyway. If your true goal really is to get a worthwhile job to support your family, a degree will stand you in higher sted than a college course. However, there is no guarantee that either route will give you a job on a plate

Oldernotwiser

3v3 wrote: »

There *is* help, you are simple not seeing the whole picture right now.

Why pursue college? If accountancy is your "thing", sign up for an accountancy degree. Yes, you have to repay your uni loans, but, under your circs, most will be grant anyway. If your true goal really is to get a worthwhile job to support your family, a degree will stand you in higher sted than a college course. However, there is no guarantee that either route will give you a job on a plate

Or, even better, look at doing an Accounting qualification with the Open University and get a grant to pay the fees if the household income is low.

http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/business-and-management/accounting-and-finance/index.htm

heretolearn_2

3v3 - usually good advice but in accounting it's far better to do the professional qualifications than do the degree. Accounting degrees are a bit like law degrees, (they sound good but don't qualify you to work as a lawyer or accountant). We've tried a couple of people with accounting degrees in the past but never again, they are clueless about the actual job and how to do accounts!