Funding and finance for students

Guidance and services

• Student finance partial cancellation scheme
  How to reduce the amount of money owed as part of student finance.
• Education Maintenance Allowance
  Information and eligibility criteria for students continuing education after leaving school.
• Pupil Development Grant - Access
  Get £125 to buy school uniform, equipment, sports kit and kit for activities outside of school for your child.
• Help with further education transport costs
  Apply for free or subsidised transport during your further education course.
• Pupil Development Grant: schools promotional material
  Promotional material for schools to share with learners parents/carers on how to access the pupil development grant.
• Further education: coronavirus
  Changes to learning, exams, and attending schools and colleges during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Student finance: higher education
  Financial support for higher education students.
• Student finance: further education
  Details of grants and funding that may be available to you in further education.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• The Welsh Government Learning Grant (Further Education) (Wales) Scheme 2017 (2017 No.22)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible learners in further education to receive financial assistance towards the costs associated with their study or course.
• Financial Contingency Fund (Open University) (Wales) Scheme 2015/16 (2015 No.33)
  Legislation
  This Scheme provides for the provision of funding to the Open University.
• Learning and Skills Act 2000 Statutory Approval of Qualifications Under Section 99 for the Purposes of Section 96 and 97 (2007 No. 15)
  Legislation
  This legislation, made under section 99 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000, provides a list of approved external qualifications for which public funding is available to support learners undertaking these external qualifications. The list is updated regularly, usually once each school term.
• Welsh Government Learning Grant (Further Education) Scheme (Wales) 2015/16 (2015 No.27)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible learners in further education to receive financial assistance towards the costs associated with their study or course.
• Financial memorandum: rates of student support for academic year 2020/21
  Policy and strategy
  Describes the main and supplementary loan and grant rates, contribution scales and tuition fee rates for undergraduate and postgraduate support in the 2020/21 academic year.
• The Financial Contingency Fund (Higher Education) (Wales) Scheme 2011/2012 (2011 No.36)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible learners in higher education to receive financial assistance towards the costs associated with their study or course.
• The Education Maintenance Allowances (Wales) Scheme 2015/2016 (2015 No.26)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible young people to receive financial assistance to encourage them to continue and remain in education after compulsory school leaving age.
• Financial Contingency Fund: further education scheme 2019 to 2020
  Legislation
  Funding to further education institutions to make emergency payments for students in crisis.
• Arrangement made under Section 23(4) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (2011 No.24)
  Legislation
  The arrangement below delegates responsibility to the Student Loans Company for functions of assessing eligibility for student support under the Assembly Learning Grants (European Institutions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/736 (W. 113).
• Welsh Government Learning Grant (Further Education) (Wales) 2014 (2014 No.21)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible learners in further education to receive financial assistance towards the costs associated with their study or course.
• Financial Contingency Fund: Open University scheme 2019 to 2020
  Legislation
  Funding to the Open University to make emergency payments for students in crisis.
• The Financial Contingency Fund (Open University) (Wales) Scheme 2016/2017 (2016 No.36)
  Legislation
  This Scheme provides for the provision of funding to the Open University.
• Education Maintenance Allowances (Wales) Scheme 2014/2015 (2014 No.25)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible young people to receive financial assistance to encourage them to continue and remain in education after compulsory school leaving age.
• Learning and Skills Act 2000 Statutory Approval of Qualifications Under Section 99 for the Purposes of Section 96 and 97 (2006 No. 81)
  Legislation
  This legislation, made under section 99 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000, provides a list of approved external qualifications for which public funding is available to support learners undertaking these external qualifications. The list is updated regularly, usually once each school term.
• The Financial Contingency Fund (Further Education) (Wales) Scheme 2016/2017 (2016 No.35)
  Legislation
  This Scheme provides for the provision of funding to further education institutions in Wales.
• The Financial Contingency Fund (Higher Education) (Wales) Scheme 2014/15 (2014 No.31)
  Legislation
  This Scheme provides for the provision of funding to higher education institutions in Wales.
• Restriction on support for part-time graduate students
  Policy and strategy
  List of subjects for which a part-time student will not be eligible for support, having attained a first degree from a UK institution.
• Learning and Skills Act 2000 Statutory Approval of Qualifications Under Section 99 for the Purposes of Section 96 and 97 (2006 No. 53)
  Legislation
  This legislation, made under section 99 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000, provides a list of approved external qualifications for which public funding is available to support learners undertaking these external qualifications. The list is updated regularly, usually once each school term.
• The Education Maintenance Allowances (Wales) Scheme 2016/2017 (2016 No.21)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible young people to receive financial assistance to encourage them to continue and remain in education after compulsory school leaving age.
• The Financial Contingency Fund (Further Education) (Wales) Scheme 2014/15 (2014 No.29)
  Legislation
  This Scheme provides for the provision of funding to further education institutions and Welsh for Adults language centres in Wales.
• Learning & Skills Act 2000 Statutory Approval of Qualifications Under Section 99 for the Purposes of Section 96 & 97 (2006 No.25)
  Legislation
  This legislation, made under section 99 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000, provides a list of approved external qualifications for which public funding is available to support learners undertaking these external qualifications. The list is updated regularly, usually once each school term.
• Welsh Government Learning Grant (Further Education) Scheme (Wales) 2016/17 (2016 No.22)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible learners in further education to receive financial assistance towards the costs associated with their study or course.
• Assembly Learning Grant (Further Education) (Wales) Scheme 2013 (2013 No.16)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible learners in further education to receive financial assistance towards the costs associated with their study or course.
• The Financial Contingency Fund (Further Education) (Wales) Scheme 2017/2018 (2017 No. 31)
  Legislation
  This Scheme provides for the provision of funding to further education institutions in Wales.
• The Financial Contingency Fund (Higher Education) (Wales) Scheme 2012/2013 (2012 No.37)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible learners in higher education to receive financial assistance towards the costs associated with their study or course.
• Education Maintenance Allowances (Wales) Scheme 2013/2014 (2013 No.15)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible young people to receive financial assistance to encourage them to continue and remain in education after compulsory school leaving age.
• The Financial Contingency Fund (Open University) (Wales) Scheme 2017/2018 (2016 No. 32)
  Legislation
  This Scheme provides for the provision of funding to the Open University.
• The Financial Contingency Fund (Further Education) (Wales) Scheme 2015/2016 (amended) (2015 No.36)
  Legislation
  This Scheme provides for the provision of funding Further Education.
• Financial Contingency Fund (Higher Education) (Wales) Scheme 2013/2014 (2013 No.18)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible learners in higher education to receive financial assistance towards the costs associated with their study or course.
• The Education Maintenance Allowances (Wales) Scheme 2017/2018 (2017 No.21)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible young people to receive financial assistance to encourage them to continue and remain in education after compulsory school leaving age.
• The Financial Contingency Fund (Further Education) (Wales) Scheme 2012/2013 (2012 No.38)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible learners in further education to receive financial assistance towards the costs associated with their study or course.
• Financial Contingency Fund (Further Education) (Wales) Scheme 2013/2014 (2013 No.19)
  Legislation
  This Scheme sets out arrangements for eligible learners in further education to receive financial assistance towards the costs associated with their study or course.