You may be eligible for a Parents’ Learning Allowance to help with living expenses while you study. This allowance is a non-repayable grant available to Parent Students with low household incomes – for the current academic year the maximum grant is £1,470. Consult the directgov website for more information.
Friday, December 19, 2008
You will be entitled to a childcare grant to help with nursery or other costs if you have dependant children and come from a low-income household. Your dependant(s) must be enrolled in approved or registered childcare and the grant will pay 85% of the cost of this care – up to a maximum weekly grant [...]
Thursday, December 18, 2008
The undergraduate Parent Student studying part-time may be eligible for a Fee Grant and/or a Course Grant. If you are currently living on benefits you may automatically qualify for the maximum Fee and Course Grants of up to £1,435 per year. Your course must lead to a recognised higher education qualification – for example, a Certificate [...]
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Help for postgraduate parents - from choosing a Master's or a research degree, to coping with the workload once the course starts.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Parent Students in Northern Ireland may be eligible for childcare grants of up to £148 per week for one child and £255 per week for two children. This applies to full-time students with children in recognised childcare facilities. You may also be eligible for a Parents’ Learning Allowance – a means tested grant for full-time Parent [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The Access to Learning Fund provides discretionary financial assistance to students enrolled in universities in ENGLAND only. Grants may be available to both undergraduate and postgraduate, full-time and part-time students who find themselves in financial strife. Parent Students may be eligible for help with childcare and other costs if they prove they cannot make ends [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Cambridge University has devoted a section of its website to the Parent Student: www.cam.ac.uk/studentparentguide this includes funding information as well as help with accommodation and childcare. “Financial Assistance: Central Childcare Bursary Scheme and Access to Learning Fund Central Childcare Bursary Scheme This scheme makes means-tested grants to overseas and EU students to help with childcare costs. Applicants must [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
There is no magical formula to balancing academic work and child-rearing but if the Parent Student becomes too overwhelmed by the enormity of these two tasks they will do neither of them very well. Some well seasoned advice (learnt the really hard way) from experienced Parent Students below: Cultivate three things: a sense of humour, a [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
One of the best kept secrets in life (which many do not discover until it is too late) is this: there is almost never a convenient time to start a family. The current cultural wisdom in Western societies advocates the following order: school, university, possibly a year or so of travel, then ten years or [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The university nursery must surely be the best start in life; imagine starting uni at just twelve weeks old! As the University of Warwick puts it; “our pedigree of high educational and pastoral standards encompasses even our youngest students – some of whom are as young as three months.” Most university campuses have incorporated a [...]
Monday, December 22, 2008
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