ITT and Eligibility for SFE Tuition Fee Loan and Maintenance Loan
Currently I am being offered a place on a new postgraduate ITT course starting September 2024.
In the past I have been told that ITT courses are classed as "exception courses" and that provided I do not hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) I should be eligible for full tuition fee loan and maintenance loan to fund a new ITT course no matter what I have received funding for in the past.
I am struggling to get consistent reliable information from different advisors when I phone SFE.
I have previously tried to begin ITT twice... I first began an ITT course with a University in September 2020 (academic year 2020/21) Due to challenging circumstances I was unable to continue training that year and had no choice but to withdraw from the course. For that year I accrued extra debt in terms of tuition fee and maintenance loan borrowed from SFE.
The second time I tried to begin ITT with the same university September 2021 (academic year 2021/22) further difficulties arose unexpectedly and I withdrew from the course. For this academic year the university did not receive any fee payments from SFE, and although the first instalment of maintenance loan went into my bank account, I repaid the entire figure back to SLC. So I did not actually use any funding from SFE that year.
I have heard that although ITT courses are classed as "exception courses", that a "repetition rule" may still apply, and that this may cause me difficulties getting full funding for the new ITT course I am scheduled to begin this September 2024.
I am struggling to obtain contact with anyone that knows the SFE and ITT funding rules sufficiently to properly advice me.
Can someone please give me advise about whether I should be eligible to receive full funding from SFE for this new ITT course.
Thank you.
In the past I have been told that ITT courses are classed as "exception courses" and that provided I do not hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) I should be eligible for full tuition fee loan and maintenance loan to fund a new ITT course no matter what I have received funding for in the past.
I am struggling to get consistent reliable information from different advisors when I phone SFE.
I have previously tried to begin ITT twice... I first began an ITT course with a University in September 2020 (academic year 2020/21) Due to challenging circumstances I was unable to continue training that year and had no choice but to withdraw from the course. For that year I accrued extra debt in terms of tuition fee and maintenance loan borrowed from SFE.
The second time I tried to begin ITT with the same university September 2021 (academic year 2021/22) further difficulties arose unexpectedly and I withdrew from the course. For this academic year the university did not receive any fee payments from SFE, and although the first instalment of maintenance loan went into my bank account, I repaid the entire figure back to SLC. So I did not actually use any funding from SFE that year.
I have heard that although ITT courses are classed as "exception courses", that a "repetition rule" may still apply, and that this may cause me difficulties getting full funding for the new ITT course I am scheduled to begin this September 2024.
I am struggling to obtain contact with anyone that knows the SFE and ITT funding rules sufficiently to properly advice me.
Can someone please give me advise about whether I should be eligible to receive full funding from SFE for this new ITT course.
Thank you.
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