Career Development Loans

Former Member

I send a request for a Lerning Support Fund form, hoping I can use that to pay my course fees. Apparantely, I can't. I'm not too sure whther I can afford to pay the course materials stuff and course fees, (was only informed of the former the week before last) the only option appears to be a career development loan.

But what happens for people who go from FE college to uni? It says there's a 17 month payment break, but Iwon't be able to afford to survive at uni and pay off this loan.

Former Member

How old are you? What have you done since leaving school at 16? And what course are you doing at the FE college? It seems unusual that you are being asked for course fees and there's no funding avaliable.

Former Member

I've got a career development loan. My course ends next month and they want me to start paying it back in December... A CDL is designed more for postgraduate study hence the short space of time given before you have to start paying it off. If you're not doing a one year postgraduate course I'd look elsewhere for support.

Former Member

Scary Monster wrote: »

How old are you?

19

What have you done since leaving school at 16?

AS levels(which I struggled with) & a CACHE award. I then took a year out due to ill health and then got told I wasn't allowed (health & safety stuff) to do trainign to become a nurse.

And what course are you doing at the FE college?

Access To Computer Studies & GCSE English resit.

Renzo - I'm not doing a postgraduate course, but I've not been told of any other forms of funding.