Part-time Students And part-time Study In Higher ... - Universities UK

3.2.2 Who pays the other course costsStudents also were asked who paid for their additional course costs and what proportion of thesecosts was paid by each of them.• Table 3.7 shows the percentage of students receiving contributions towards their study costsfrom the different sources. The vast majority (91%) of students contributed towards thesecosts themselves – with each one paying out an average of £517, while a half paid less than£300 and half more than this sum.Table 3.7: Who paid these course costsFees paid byPer cent whopaid costsfrom eachsourceMean£Amount where fees paidMedianBase£Self 91 517 300 2,203Family and friends 5 436 156 126Loan 1 * * 18Employer 14 447 214 340Government5 280 200 132grant/bursaryNHS bursary 1 * * 26Disability2 * * 45StudentsAllowanceStudent loan 18 1 * * 6University/college 2 * * 40Other 1 * * 25Base 2,420* indicates insufficient observations to provide a robust figureBase: All students who incurred other course costs.Source: London South Bank University – UK Part-time Student Survey 2006• The second most frequent contributor to course costs was employers. Around one in seven(14%) of all students had some of their study costs paid for by their employer.• This figure rose to 17 per cent for those in employment, and rose even further to 19 per centfor students in full-time jobs, but dropped to 6 per cent for those with part-time jobs.Consequently, the main beneficiaries were more likely to be men than women.18 Only asked for the 434 students studying at universities in Scotland.Part-time students and part-time study: Strand 3 Universities UK 36