The following links take you to the relevant section of this page.
- Full-time and part-time postgraduate courses
- Awards for social work courses
- Second courses which qualify for support at undergraduate level
Full-time and part-time courses we support under the Postgraduate Students' Allowances Scheme (PSAS)
List of courses eligible for Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan in 2012-2013
We offer a limited number of discretionary awards to eligible students for one course of professional or vocational training, mostly at diploma level.
Not all postgraduate diploma level courses in the UK are included in the scheme and it does not normally cover those which are:
- open to students who are not graduates;
- not approved by a UK university;
- outside Scotland where a similar course is available in Scotland.
Courses at masters or doctorate level are the responsibility of one of the research councils.
If you are studying a postgraduate course that we do not support, or are studying on a part-time or distance-learning basis and you have a disability or learning difficulty and need extra support while on your course, you may be eligible to apply for the Disabled Students' Allowance.
Awards for social work courses
Awards for postgraduate social work courses in Scotland are the responsibility of the:
Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)
Compass House
Discovery Quay
11 Riverside Drive
Dundee
DD1 4NY .
Phone: 0845 6030891
E-mail: enquiries@sssc.uk.com
Website: www.sssc.uk.com/
Postgraduate courses which qualify for support at undergraduate level
If you are doing one of the courses listed below and you meet our residence conditions, you can apply for the same level of support available for an undergraduate course either inside Scotland or elsewhere in the UK, whatever the case maybe. You should make sure that you apply online as an undergraduate student in order to receive the correct support. Please contact us for more advice on the following.
- Certain postgraduate architecture diplomas in any part of the UK following a degree course in architecture. (This does not apply to postgraduate MA courses in architecture, as all of these are in England and Wales.)
- The Maths Tripos (Part III) at Cambridge University .
- Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE).