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College Handbook

ILA – Individual Learning Account – FE & HE Students

Please find below the address for the Scottish Executive website which gives details of how you can receive payment towards the cost of your studies with Highland Theological College.

You may or may not have heard of Individual Learning Accounts. These are grants available for people living in Scotland who are studying on a part time or open learning basis.  Most of our modules are eligible for this funding and I detail the main criteria below:-

1. Aged 16 or over and living in Scotland.

2. Earning £22,000 a year or less - you can apply for an ILA of £200 for the year.  This can be used to pay towards our Further Education course titled Access to Theology.

3. For Higher Education students the ILA £500 grant has changed to the Part-time Fee Grant and is now administered by SAAS. To qualify for this funding you should have an individual income of £22,000 a year or less. You also need to complete a minimum of 40 SCQF credits per year (3 modules in a year, which could be 1 module in semester 1 and 2 in semester 2). This scheme provides up to £500 a year towards the cost of tuition fees. You would not be eligible if you were studying 1 module per semester, but the ILA £200 would apply in that case. 4 Modules per semester is classed as full time so would not be eligible for ILA. In this case students should apply to SAAS for funding - http://www.saas.gov.uk/

4. And for academic year 2011/12 students can apply for the ILA £500 towards part-time taught postgraduate (Masters).

Important Info :

This is not a loan so does not need to be repaid.

The £22,000 limit is the applicant’s income only – Spouse or Partner’s income is not taken into account.

You must apply for your ILA before booking a course as you cannot use your ILA for a course you have already started.

If you are currently eligible for Fee Waiver it is advised that you continue with Fee Waiver rather than seeking ILA Funding.

To apply for ILA funding online contact:-
http://www.ilascotland.org.uk/ILA+Homepage.htm and click on 'apply now'.