Why Choose Us?
There are many reasons to study with us.
1. Small class sizes and your own Personal tutor.
2. Excellent opportunities for Progression, with nine out of ten higher education students entering employment or their third year of study at a partner university.
3. Strong links with Partner universities.
4. A lower Price than all other London universities, with a fixed fee of £1,285 for
Home/EU students on full-time courses.
5. Above all, we make you a Priority.
We are also committed to offering impartial advice and guidance so if you have any queries, please contact our Matrix accredited College Information Centre on freephone: 0800 980 2185, email: degrees@wlc.ac.uk or drop in.
Student Support
Unlike the traditional university learning environment, we teach our higher education students in small class groups so that individual attention and support can be provided. Our students are taught by highly qualified, industry-trained tutors and we have a range of services that are designed to maximise the support available. We also try to run our higher education courses using family-friendly compact timetables,
scheduling classes between 10am and 3pm for those students who need to drop off or collect children from school.
Student Life
Student Facilities
As a higher education student at the College, you can take advantage of a number of
facilities, including a dedicated common room exclusively for HE students at our Hammersmith site.
View the other facilities available to students, including sports and fitness, nursery, T.A.S.T.E. Restaurant and much more by clicking the link for each site:
Acton | Ealing | Hammersmith | Southall
Financial Support
At Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College, we are sympathetic to the financial
pressures on higher education students living and studying in London, so have frozen our fees at £1,285 per year, for Home/EU students and £5,500 for International/Non-EU students.
Some forms of financial support available to you are:
Repayable:
- Student Loan for Tuition Fees
- Student Loan for Maintenance (also known as the Student Loan for Living Costs)
Non-Repayable:
- Grants
- Bursaries
- Access to Learning Fund
Student Loans
Student Loans are provided by The Student Loan Company (SLC). The interest that will be added to the amount borrowed is adjusted annually and is linked to the Retail Price Index.
For 2008-09, students are charged 3.8%. As a result, student loans work out considerably cheaper than commercial loans offered by banks and other financial institutions.
Your student loan does not have to be repaid until you have finished your course and are earning over £15,000 per year. Your first repayment will be due in the April after you leave your course and you will be expected to pay 9% of the amount you earn above £15,000 per year or £1,250 gross a month. It will be possible to put your repayments on hold, for example when saving for a deposit on a house/flat, but only for up to five years in total. Any loan amount still outstanding after 25 years (plus time allowed for payment holidays) will be written off.
If you, or your partner, are in receipt of benefits, you should investigate how these benefit payments will be affected by your student loan.
£700 College Bursaries for Exceptional Students
Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College is offering a number of bursaries, each worth £700 in 2009. The Bursaries have been developed to provide additional support to any Home/EU, full-time, higher education student during their first and second year of studies, who may be experiencing financial difficulty which could result in them leaving the college due to financial restraints.
For more information, contact Nancy Van Den Broeck, Careers Manager, by email: nancy.vandenbroeck@wlc.ac.uk or telephone: 020 7565 1309
