Funding your course There are a few ways you may be able to achieve funding or study loans for your course. 1. Career Development Loan 2. Comenius or Socrates funding 3. Jobcentre Plus funding Career Development Loans A Career Development Loan (CDL) can help you gain the experience, training and qualifications you need to improve your job skills or embark on a new career. You can use it to fund a variety of vocational (work-related) courses with a wide range of organisations, including TESOL qualifications. You can take out a CDL whether you are employed, self-employed or unemployed. CDLs are available through an arrangement between the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and three high street banks. In summary: you can borrow anything between £300 and £8,000 to help you fund up to two years of learning (or up to three years if the course includes one year of relevant practical work experience) you can get CDLs through Barclays, The Co-operative Bank and The Royal Bank ofScotland the LSC pays the interest on your loan while you’re learning and for up to one month after you’ve stopped training you then repay the loan to the bank over an agreed period at a fixed rate of interest Go to the CDL website for more information www.direct.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/AdultLearning/CareerDevelopmentLoans/fs/en Comenius & Socrates funding EU funding is available for these courses. Grants are allocated by Comenius and cover tuition, accommodation and travel costs up to a maximum of 1500 euros. You can apply for a grant if you are currently living withinEurope, come from a country eligible for funding and are a professional in one of the following fields: To check which nationalities can apply for this funding and for more information: http://ec.europa.eu/education/index_en.html Jobcentre Plus Some trainees have received funding through their Jobcentres, particularly for the long-term unemployed. Funding has included child-care and travel costs. Please contact your local office for more information or visit their website at: www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/index.html