Tuition Fees from 2012

No up-front fees

As an eligible full-time or part-time UK or EU undergraduate starting your course at Wakefield College, you will have no up-front fees to pay irrespective of household income. If you have applied for a tuition fee loan, the Student Loans Company (SLC) will automatically pay your tuition fees and you will only begin to repay this once you have finished your course and are earning more than £21,000 a year.

Why are tuition fees increasing in 2012?
From September 2012, Wakefield College will be increasing its tuition fees for higher education students. The reason we have to increase our fees is that the UK government is changing the way higher education in England is funded. Instead of paying grants directly to us as it has previously done, the government is shifting most of its financial support to students through the changes it has made to its student loans scheme.

Tuition fees at Wakefield College
At Wakefield College we believe in allowing students, regardless of background, to continue their education. In line with this commitment we have decided against charging the maximum amount allowed for tuition fees. 

For 2012, our full-time course fees will be £5,800 per year
This is the lowest fee we are able to charge while ensuring we can continue to offer a high quality provision, and is substantially less than many institutions who will be charging around £9000.  This means that, all our full-time higher education students will have significantly less to pay back once they have completed their studies and are in work.

Tuition Fee Loans for part-time students
For the first time both Full and Part time students who are studying for their first degree or other higher education course can benefit from up front funding in the form of government loans and grants that will pay the full-cost of tuition fees. Part-time students must be studying the equivalent of 25 per cent of a full-time course each year (eg. four years instead of one year full time). Part-time fees are charged as a proportion of the full-time fee, and will depend on the amount of academic credit studied in each year.

When do you start to pay the loans back?
Full-time students have to pay back any loans plus interest once you complete your course and start earning more than £21,000 a year. Part-time students who earn over £21,000 a year have to start paying back their loans after three years even if their course hasn't finished.

National Scholarship Programme
University Centre Wakefield will be offering a National Scholarship Programme for students starting in September 2012. Details of the Programme are currently being finalised to ensure that students who would benefit the most will receive this targeted support. Full details will be available in due course.

You don't have to pay back grants, scholarships or bursaries.