| Author: | Jill Murphy, last updated by Grainne Hillery |
| Date of Publication: | 29/5/2018 |
| Revision: | July 2026 |
| Next date of review: | August 2027 |
Fees are charged on a course-by-course basis and vary according to the length and nature of the programme. Fees are made up of two components: the tuition fee and the administrative fee.
Some courses offer partial or full fee reductions for individuals that meet certain criteria and others are available at full cost only.
Full cost courses
Some courses are full cost and do not have any reduced fees on offer. However, we recognise that attendance can make a big difference to someone’s day to day life and are open to providing some financial support to access one of these courses, if it is identified:-
- as a targeted wellbeing course,
- evidence of low income is provided (below £28,500) and
- a Course Fee Concession Form (CFC) is completed
Please speak to our team for further information.
Reduced tuition fees
Reduced tuition fees are available on some courses that are funded for anyone who is unwaged and claiming pension credit. Evidence of low income will have to be provided.
Tuition fee concession
The following groups in receipt of the benefits below pay a reduce fee or no tuition fee for some non accredited courses (where no formal qualification is attached). Where this applies, a subsidised registration fee will be charged for each enrolment. A full tuition fee concession does not apply to full costs courses (even on completion of a CFC) or if you are repeat learner doing the same course that is not moving into a higher level of learning.
If you are eligible to apply for a ‘Tuition fee concession’, this will only apply for up to 2 courses, of any discipline within any academic year and not to be repeated in the next academic year unless it is clearly progression at a higher level.
List of benefits that attract Tuition fee concessions:
Universal Credit –claimants who receive Universal Credit and earn less than £952 a month (individual claims) or £1,534 a month (joint claims).
(Details of a claimant’s earned and unearned income can be found on their Universal Credit Home Page Statement. As Universal Credit entitlements change on a monthly basis, eligibility for a fee concession will be determined at the time of booking and evidence dated within the previous calendar month will be required.)
Note that the actual amount of UC claimed by the learners is irrelevant – eg a learner can claim £1000 UC and if they are earning less than £952 a month they would still get a full tuition fee concession. Note that someone can get UC and not get any income from employment – therefore in that case the above figures are irrelevant.
In addition, claimants of the following legacy benefits will be able to claim a fee concession on appropriate courses:
- Jobseekers Allowance (JSA)
- Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Housing Benefit
- Income Support
- Pension Credit (Guarantee credit only)
- Asylum seekers eligible for SFA funding according to the guidance and in receipt of the equivalent of income-based benefit (assistance under the terms of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999) and their dependants.
Proof of receipt of the above benefits is required at the time of enrolment or within 2 weeks of the enrolment.
Acceptable proof of receipt of Universal Credit is a screenshot of the claim assessment from a mobile device/tablet (UC claim process is paperless). For other benefits, a benefit award letter dated within the current financial year is required as proof.
If the required proof is not presented within the time frame specified, the learner will be required to pay the full fee (and will be invoiced accordingly).
Additional Notes
- Material costs will be additional on most programmes. These will be highlighted in the Course Guide and/or by confirmation email
- As we have limited funds to cover many learners who all deserve the opportunity to access our full costs courses we have decided that discretionary amounts will apply as follows:-
- Year 1 = 45% (year 1 includes a previous 2 courses already reduced at 65% – this can cross academic years)
- Year 2 = 30%
- Year 3 = 15%
- Year 4 = no further discounts.
Learners who are not resident in the York North Yorkshire Combined Authority region will not be eligible for course fee concessions.
Recording of Proof of Discount
York Learning expects learners to upload evidence of their eligibility to discount onto their learner account via York Learning Bookings Site. This should be done at the time of booking or within 2 weeks from booking their course.
York Learning will run a weekly report to highlight learners who have claimed a discount and show whether.
- A: evidence has been uploaded and approved
- B: evidence has been uploaded but not approved
- C: no evidence has yet been uploaded
York Learning will use a report generated to monitor learners’ future eligibility for course concessions. York Learning will contact any learner, whose eligibility evidence has not been provided. If we are unable to obtain the relevant proof, York Learning will invoice the learner for the amount of the discount. If the learner refuses to pay the outstanding amount they will be withdrawn from the course and no refund of any fees paid so far will be granted.