The College is committed to ensuring higher education is accessible and affordable for all students. We offer a generous bursary scheme for both full-time and part-time students for which we estimate 30% of students will be eligible. Our bursaries and scholarships for this year are summarised below. These are subject to annual review.
Plymouth College of Art is committed to ensuring Higher Education is accessible and affordable for students. For the academic years 2009 – 2011 we will be offering the following:
|
Bursary Award |
Maintenance Grant Bracket |
|
College Bursary £1000 |
£2906 |
|
College Bursary £300 |
£2905 - £1906 |
|
College Bursary £200 |
£1905 - £711 |
|
Care Leavers Bursary £1000 |
N/A |
|
Scholarship Award |
Eligibility
|
|
Jenifer and Mary Peters Scholarship |
Child of parents born in Cornwall (one scholarship applied on merit) |
|
Dorris Gerrard Scholarship |
Awarded on merit to any student from any region other than Cornwall |
If I am entitled to a bursary when will I receive it?
The bursary will be paid in two instalments, half in February and half in April. Payment of the bursary is dependent on you still being registered on the programme and maintaining full attendance.
If you are thinking about entering Higher Education and wish to find out about what statutory financial support you may be entitled to and how to apply or you are an existing student and require information on renewing your support visit the website www.studentfinancedirect.co.uk
Alternatively, you can telephone their Customer Support Office on 0845 607 7577. The Customer Support Office is open Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm and Saturday and Sunday 9am to 5.30pm.
Another very useful source of information is the Directgov website
