Fee Remission Policy

Some courses are available with a reduced fee for seniors. These are for people who are:

• aged 65 years or over at the start of the course
  AND
• have a household income of less than £15,276 a year or
  rely entirely on a state pension.

The UK government does not offer an automatic concession for retired people, so the senior fee is entirely subsidised by City Lit. Due to this, the senior fee is only offered some of our daytime courses.

Where practicable the College will offer concessionary fees. Details of courses and rates will be published alongside the course outline on the website.

• Students on courses where concessions apply, and whose individual income is less than the annual London Living Wage, but who do not qualify for full remission, may be offered a concessionary rate. This will normally be a percentage of the published full fee as determined annually as part of the curriculum review and validation process.

We are committed to making our courses affordable to as many people as possible. We however reserve the right to limit the number of concessionary places on any course a

City Lit will not enrol anyone that is under 19 years of age unless the following exceptions apply:

• the course is not available elsewhere and;
• there is a strong educational benefit to a student attending the course at City Lit.

These exceptions are limited to these subject areas:

• Speech Therapy,
• Lipreading,
• English, Maths, Digital Skills and BSL for Deaf people.

A student is assessed as being an 'under 19' student if they were aged 18 or younger on 31st August of each year.

Before enrolling on a course approval needs to be given by the relevant Head of Department. We are unable to charge fees for students under 19.

Students with an EHCP who are 16-18 on 31st August may only enrol on courses within the three approved areas listed above, with approval by Head of Department and the Access, Inclusion & Support (AIS) team.

Students with an EHCP who are 19-25 on 31st August may enrol on other courses with approval by the Access, Inclusion & Support (AIS) team.

The AIS team will assess any additional support needs for students who are under 25 and have an EHCP. They will review whether City Lit can provide the appropriate support to students in this group before approving enrolment.

Applicants must be made at least one month in advance of the course start date to allow time to carry out the assessment.

Students who meet specified residency, skills development needs and/or benefit/income requirements may be eligible for zero fees. City Lit reserves the right to limit the number of free places offered subject to budgetary constraints.

Current eligibility information and evidence requirements will be made available, along with contact information, on the City Lit website. Eligibility may differ between different courses.

For UK based students enrolling on a course that runs for at least 9 weeks course fees may be paid in instalments.

Interest for setting up a payment plan will not be charged and there are no other additional fees. We have two types of payment plans:

1. High value course fees (currently set at £500 and above).
2. Hardship payment plans – for students who meet certain eligibility criteria, details of which can be found at the following link: Payment Plans.

We require all students applying to pay for course fees in instalments to set up reoccurring credit/debit card payments. Failure to make a payment will result in automatic withdrawal from the course and prevented from enrolling on future courses until the debt is cleared.

Further details can be found at the following link: Booking Terms and Conditions.

A bursary scheme has been created to support UK based students with financial difficulties.

An application form will be made available on the website and the details of the bursary can be found at the following link: Student Bursary.

Advanced Learner Loans are administered by Student Finance England (SFE). These are available to all students studying at level 3 to 6.

Details on how to apply will be made available on the website.

The DLSF provides a contribution towards travel costs, books and/or materials that have been pre-set by course departments. If the course is accredited, the DLSF can provide a grant to pay the examination fee.

Eligibility is for students who are:

• eligible to pay the concessionary fee, or can show they earn below the London Living Wage.
• paying the home fee (not an international student).
• not currently in full time education.
• the course runs for three days or longer.

An application form will be made available on the website and a decision will be made within 14 days if an award is to be made.

There are two childcare schemes available to students.

1. Care to Learn – for young parents (lone or part of a couple) under 20 who wish to participate in learning. This scheme is administered by the Learner Support
   Service (LSS) and not City Lit.
2. Adult Childcare (20+) through the Learner Support Fund (LSF) administered by the College. A budget for this fund will be set annually and once allocated no further funds are available until the following academic year.

Eligibility criteria and application information will be made available on the website.