There are opportunities available for you to apply for financial support to help with studies. Details are listed below and information on our how to apply can be obtained from the Learner Services team at Reception or at learnerservices@wmcollege.ac.uk .
If you are 19 or over and studying on an eligible course at Level 3 or above, you will qualify for one of these government loans. No credit check is required, and you won’t have to start paying the loan back until you are earning at least £27,660 per year.
For more information about these loans, visit
This is available to learners who have an approved Advanced Learner Loan. The bursary can help to pay for travel, childcare, and course materials costs and whose income total less than £28,000.
More detailed information can be found in our Advanced Learner Loan Bursary Guidance document found here or from Learner Services at Reception.
ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ« is funded by the and the and has chosen to allocate some funding to a College Bursary Fund fund (CBF). The funding for the year 2024/25 will be used to support learners with paying their course fees on eligible courses as well as other types of financial assistance.
For support with courses, learners may be eligible for financial support of up to 50% of their course fees if they earn above £25,642.50 but below £28,000, are enrolling on a government funded course and have not claimed any other concessions.
The number of courses for which any learner can apply for financial help in any one academic year is limited to a total fee remission value of £1,000 or six courses, whichever is reached first.
Learners on some courses may be eligible to apply for financial assistance with course materials and welfare payments. Please ask Learner Services if you are on a qualifying course.
More detailed information can be found in our College Bursary Fund Policy found ³ó±ð°ù±ðÌýor from Learner Services at Reception.
The fund is open to all learners studying an Adult Core course at ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ« who, at the time of enrolment, are on a means tested benefit, unemployed or earn below the GLA low earning threshold (currently £25,642.50 annual gross salary). It can help with travel support for asylum seekers to provide access to study, course materials not provided by the College that are essential to achieving a qualification and emergency welfare payments.
Any support you are given from the fund is on an assessment of your financial circumstances and is distributed on a first come first served basis. We will, in accordance with the funding guidance, further prioritise the funding to priority groups of disadvantaged learners.
For more detailed information on the Discretionary Learner Support Fund (DLSF), see our guidance document here.
If you are under 19 years old on 31 August 2024, you may be eligible for support from the 16-19 Bursary Fund.
The aim of the fund is to help cover some of the financial costs of attending College, such as transport, food, equipment and other course related costs.
There are two types of 16 to 19 bursaries:
Bursaries for defined vulnerable groups: learners in care, care leavers, in receipt of benefits such as UC/PIP/ESA because they are financially supporting themselves
Discretionary bursary awards are made to help learners with cost of travel, food and course related costs (books, equipment or specialist clothing). Funds are not to support extra-curricular or non-compulsory activities that are not essential to learner’s study or to provide living costs support.
For more detailed information on the 16-19 Bursary, including who is eligible to apply, see our guidance document here.
Care to Learn is a government scheme that can assist young parents, aged under 20 at the start of their course, with the costs of registered childcare and travelling expenses to and from their childcare provider.
If you are a young parent starting a new course, you can claim up to £195 per week towards the cost of Ofsted registered childcare.
There are no restrictions on the number of hours per week you study, or on the length of the course you take. Payments can cover the periods you are studying in College, and may also be paid during the holidays to retain your place if your course continues the following year.
The money is paid directly to the registered childcare provider.
For more detailed information on the Care to Learn Bursary, including who is eligible to apply, see our guidance document here.
If you have financial worries, are confused about welfare benefits, are facing homelessness, or are on low income and think you might be eligible for support with childcare, travel and course related materials, please contact a member of the Learner Services team at Reception or at learnerservices@wmcollege.ac.uk