Postgraduate Study Guide 2012 - University College Falmouth

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How Much Will it Cost?
All students
www.falmouth.ac.uk/studentfinance
student.fees@falmouth.ac.uk
telephone 01326 213778
Fees and charges are reviewed annually and are detailed
on our website. For advice and information about tuition
fees and other charges, please contact the University
College’s Finance Office as above.
Tuition fees are payable in two equal instalments.
For courses that commence in October the instalments
are due in October and January, and for courses that
start in January the instalments are due in January
and May. In certain circumstances alternative instalment
arrangements may be available. Fee sheets for individual
courses are available and you are advised to refer to
these before making an application.
If you have graduated from University College Falmouth
or Dartington College of Arts in the last five years, you’ll
be eligible for a one-off progression discount of £300 for
any postgraduate study.
International students
www.falmouth.ac.uk/international
international@falmouth.ac.uk
telephone +44 (0)1326 213794
Fax +44 (0)1326 370725
For up-to-date information on tuition fees, discounts and
living costs, please contact the International Office as above.
Funding a postgraduate course at Falmouth
A Master’s degree or PhD represents a significant
investment in your future, and you’ll rightly be concerned
about funding. This section is intended to introduce you to
ways of funding your postgraduate course at Falmouth. A
year of full-time postgraduate study is likely to cost around
£8,000 plus tuition fees, so you’ll need to do some planning
in order to get through the course without the distraction
of financial problems.
Apply early to the University College if you can and, if
successful at interview, accept your place as soon as possible
in the year before you wish to begin studying a postgraduate
course. This will give you more time to arrange your finances
and apply for major sources of funding whose competitions
have an early deadline.
For advice and information on all aspects of postgraduate
funding, please contact the bursary Adviser
telephone 01326 213744
bursaries@falmouth.ac.uk
www.falmouth.ac.uk/bursaries
Professional & Career Development loans
Around 80% of all UK postgraduate students fund their
studies through a Professional & Career Development Loan
(PCDL). Generally aimed at postgraduate students, PCDLs
are a scheme designed to help people who want to improve
their career prospects, but lack the funds to invest in a
suitable vocational programme.
For further details, please call the free phone information
number 0800 585 505 or visit www.direct.gov.uk/cdl
— A PCDL is a bank loan designed to help you pay for workrelated
learning. You don’t have to start paying your loan
back until at least one month after you stop training.
— You can take out a PCDL whether you are employed,
self-employed or unemployed.
— PCDLs are available through an arrangement between
the government and two high street banks.
— Remember that a PCDL is a personal loan between you and
the bank, and you’re responsible for repaying it to the bank.
Before taking out a loan, check how much your monthly
repayments will be, and that you feel confident that you
will be able to make them.
there are three areas that a PCDl can cover:
— Course fees (up to 80% of course fees)
— Other course costs
— Living expenses
Your loan can cover one or more of these elements,
but cannot exceed £10,000 in total. PCDLs will only support
the vocational or learning elements of a course.