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Help with learning costs: an introduction
Overview of the financial support available
24+ Advanced Learning Loans
Help with the cost of tuition fees for further education courses
Help with childcare costs
Find out if you can get help with your childcare costs while you learn
Other grants and bursaries
Advice on researching what's available through other grants and bursaries
Professional and Career Development Loans
How they work, how you repay them and how to apply
Discretionary Learner Support
Financial help with your learning costs. Who is eligible, how much you can get and how to apply.
Learning for free
Do a literacy or numeracy course, get a first qualification equivalent to GCSEs or A levels - and more
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Are you missing out?
You could be entitled to financial support - find out what's available
