Whether you want to study a university course, either full-time or part-time, you are entitled to some form of financial support. At the University Centre we believe that pricing people out of higher education would devalue our institution by not allowing such a diverse range of students to continue their education.
Full-time Students
Tuition Fees
Our full-time tuition fees for 2025 of £7,400 will be substantially less than most universities. 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. As fees for part-time courses vary, please refer to relevant course leaflets.
Student Finance: Overview
Student Finance England provide the main student finance package for higher education students in the form of:
- Tuition Fee Loan
- Maintenance Loan
Tuition Fee Loans pay for your course and are paid directly to the college. Maintenance Loans help with living costs (e.g. accommodation, books, bills).
For more information: New Full-time students
Extra Financial Help
You may be able to get extra financial help, for example, if you’re:
- on a low income, are disabled or have children, such as a grant or allowance
- studying a certain course, like nursing or social work
You may also be able to apply for extra money from your university or college, such as a bursary, scholarship or hardship fund.
You do not usually need to pay back this extra financial help.
Check on the student finance calculator to see what extra help you might be able to get. You’ll need to know if you’re eligible for a loan before you use the calculator.
Students on a low income
You can apply for:
- Universal Credit
- extra money from your university or college *See Bursaries and Scholarships below.
Students with children or dependent adults
You can apply for:
- Childcare Grant- full-time students only
- Parents’ Learning Allowance- full-time students only
- Adult Dependants’ Grant- full-time students only
- Universal Credit
Disabled students
If you have a disability, long-term health condition, mental health condition or specific learning difficulty (such as dyslexia) you can apply for:
You may also qualify for disability related benefits.
For more information on any funding or money matter issues visit the Student Room website Finance Zone or contact the College’s HE Financial Support Team.
Telephone: 01924 7892317 or
Bursaries & Scholarships
The University Centre at Wakefield College has a strong commitment to widening access to higher education, and we have a range of bursaries and scholarships to support eligible students starting a higher education course at the University Centre.
Financial Support Bursary
If you are a home student whose household income is less than £25,000 and have taken out the full means-tested living cost loan from the Student Loan Company, you will be eligible for a financial support cash bursary of £500.
Care Leaver’s Bursary*
This award will be made to any home student who has left local authority care in the 2 years prior to enrolment on the first year of study, irrespective of postcode. This is a non-means tested bursary of £1,500 per year of study.
Care Giver’s Bursary**
This award will be made to any home student who is a carer for a family member with long-term ill-health or disability. A cash award of up to £1,000 in each year of study, which is available to home students on full-time or part-time programmes of study within the scope of the agreement. **excluding any repeat year.
Achievement Scholarships*
This award of a maximum of £500 will be available to any home student who has achieved ABB (or equivalent) at Advanced Level.
* These bursaries and scholarships will be linked to attendance and progression. Eligible Part-time students will be paid on a pro-rata basis based on the annual number of academic credits studied.
Applications For Bursaries & Scholarships
Full-time students who may be eligible for the financial support bursary will be contacted once we have information from your application to Student Finance England and have been income assessed by them, and you and your parents have given your consent to share your financial details with the university centre. You may need to provide a copy of your funding allocation letter from Student Finance England. Part-time students will need to make an application and provide evidence of their household income.
For the Care Leaver’s bursary, evidence of your status will be required from your local authority.
Students will be responsible for applying for the Scholarship and can do so prior to results being released, in which case a conditional offer may be made.
For more information, please contact the Higher Education Student Engagement Team on 01924 789317 or email
More Information
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Financial difficulties
Support is available if you are experiencing financial difficulties, having problems with your student loan or would like help managing your finances.Although the support we offer may not always be financial, we will always try to support you in the most appropriate way.
Student Hardship Support Fund
The Student Hardship Support Fund (SHSF) is provided by the University Centre to help students who have genuine and unavoidable financial difficulties and are struggling with their basic living costs despite having received all the financial support available to them.
The SHSF is open to all normally registered students studying with us. There are some eligibility requirements for support, including having already taken out all the Student Finance England maintenance loan support for which you are eligible. You may also be asked to demonstrate that you made adequate realistic provision for your studies before embarking on your course.
All awards made from the SHSF are means-tested, which means that some applications will be unsuccessful. We can only assist in genuine cases where a student cannot meet basic expenditure from any other source. Any award granted will be paid as a non-repayable bursary into the student’s nominated bank account. Please note that the SHSF cannot be used to help with tuition fees.
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