Well Graham I know the feeling as I am currently doing an Open University degree. However, I have not found any assistance personally but I know that there will be various Grants available for people. There is a book at the Library on Charities who provide Grants for education and it would be a matter of going through something like this and picking ones that are appropriate to you. Once for instance I got about £500 from a charity that helped Women. It might even be that you can go back to where you did your 1st degree and see if they have charitable funds. Again an example is that if one has an Open University degree there is within the Open University a Fund called the Crowther Fund and Open University students can apply to it if they are going on to other education. Finally a friend of mine who has just completed the LLB at the Open University was looking for funding to go on to Law School to train as a Solicitor. This is very expensive at five thousand per year. She is not disabled in any way but again she lives in Hereford and she found some local organisation within Hereford that assisted people in further education provided it could be shown that she would use her education in the locality and that she came from that locality. They actually gave her three thousand and five hundred pounds!!! for her first year and said she can come back again the following year as it will cost her another five thousand then. Sorry I have nothing more concrete but I would even ask a social worker who might be able to assist.
Eleanor----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Lewis [gjl]" <gjl@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 4:38 PM Subject: [access-uk] Funding a Course
Heloo everybody. This is way off topic, but I thought some of the people on this list might have encountered similar situations.I am looking for ways to fund myself through a postgraduate programme. I am employed and my employer will contribute a little towards it, but the overall cost is very high and I am casting about for some other sources of funding. Has anybody else sought funding for further education like this?Graham ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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