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SFE funding for another course

Hi,
I started studying architecture and passed my first year. I then repeated second year twice and decide to droppe out (so I used 3 years of student finance). This was during COVID time and it was very stressful and mentally draining.
I now want to go back to study either social work or midwifery. Will I get full funding for that as I understand Student Finance has exception courses.

I would be really happy if someone could assist me with any tips on how I can go back to study. As I don’t have money to pay for tuition out of my pocket unfortunately.

Thanks in advance!

Reply 1

normaw

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by 02na0909

If you get your funding from SFE, then both courses are exception courses when studied full time as a second degree. Midwifery would be eligible for both tuition fee and maintenance loans. For a social work course, you would only be eligible for the maintenance loan.

If you are flexible about what you study, other exception courses eligible for both loans are nursing, radiography (diagnostic or therapeutic), speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physio, dietetics, orthotics and prosthetics.