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FROM COLLEGE TO UNI
YOUR 2013 GUIDE
www.napier.ac.uk
Where else but Edinburgh Napier? Career development / enhancement
Edinburgh Napier University is a modern, Flicking through any jobs paper, it is clear
vibrant university, based in Scotland’s that more and more employers are asking
inspiring capital. We offer more than 125 candidates to have a degree. By building
degrees in three faculties: on your college qualifications, you could
The Business School be as little as two years away from having
an honours degree. Even if a job doesn’t
Faculty of Engineering, Computing & specifically ask for additional qualifications,
Creative Industries you will find that having a degree can help
Faculty of Health, Life & Social Sciences give you:
Faster career promotion;
Students who have come from college
Greater responsibility;
to study at Edinburgh Napier say it’s an
excellent place to study – we are a very Greater choice when it comes to future
supportive, enthusiastic, forward-thinking jobs; and
university that always puts its students first.
Greater earning potential.
Why go to University?
Social / Personal
You may not have considered going to
Going to college and completing an HNC or
university until now but going to university
HND is a big accomplishment for anyone.
could open a number of doors for you.
Maybe you’ll catch the bug and decide
to take your education further. Going to
Every student has their own reasons why
university allows you to:
they have chosen to come to university but
these can be generally classified as: Study a certain subject area in detail;
Make new friends;
1) Financial
Increase your confidence; and
2) Career development / enhancement Improve your employability.
3) Social / Personal
Flexibility of learning
Financial
At Edinburgh Napier we realise that
no two students are the same and that
Going to university could increase your
everyone has different study habits,
earning potential. A 2010 study showed that
family commitments and lifestyles. As
a university graduate is likely to earn at
such we have a range of different study
least £100,000 more than a non-graduate
options. Many of our degree courses are
during their working life (The Push National
offered part-time, via distance learning or
Student Debt Survey, 2010).
completely online.
Part-time Part-time study - full-time facilities
You will study the same modules, and Whichever part-time option you choose,
complete the same course work as a full- you’ll have full access to all of our study
time student, but over a longer period of resources and IT facilities, including libraries
time. You’ll generally come in to University (open seven days a week), free secure Wi-Fi
for one day or one/ two evenings per on all sites, and the Jack Kilby Computing
week. A four-year Honours degree will take Centre, which is open 24/7 in trimester 1
around six years to complete part-time. and 2 – our main teaching trimesters.
Distance
Identical in duration and content to a part- The online library service puts the libraries’
time course, this option replaces campus collections at your fingertips, allowing you
attendance with specially developed printed to carry out routine tasks like renewing
and online learning materials. You can study books and searching the catalogue at a time
at your own pace, in your own time. that suits you. We have a huge and ever-
growing collection of electronic journals
Blended and other resources, available on campus or
off. And we also have strong links with other
This part-time option combines online libraries throughout the city, if you’re doing
learning with attendance at the occasional more specialist Honours or research work.
seminar or workshop on campus. It’s ideal
if you want to organise your own time, but Our links with colleges
remain part of the on-campus learning
environment. Edinburgh Napier has excellent links with
colleges all across the country. We work
Local closely with these colleges to allow students
with an HNC or HND to gain advanced entry
Some courses are even taught at local onto a number of courses. This usually
colleges. You could enrol as an Edinburgh means an HNC will give you entry into
Napier student, but might not need to the second year of a degree at Edinburgh
travel. Napier while an HND will give you entry into
the third year.
College
to Edinburgh Napier 4th Year (Honours Degree)
3rd Year (Ordinary Degree)
HND 2nd Year
HNC 1st Year
Access Dependent on satisfying
individual entry requirements
Articulation Part-time / distance learning courses:
Recruitment from colleges is one of the If you are a Scottish student studying a
distinguishing features of Edinburgh Napier part-time higher education course and your
University. Articulation arrangements income meets the requirements then you
are supported by formal articulation may be eligible to apply for a Part-time Fee
agreements which are negotiated annually Grant. The level of grant available will be
with partner colleges. linked to the number of credits you study.
For further information or to apply, contact
SAAS: www.saas.gov.uk
Coming from England,
Northern Ireland & Wales:
From September 2012, UK students from
outside Scotland starting undergraduate
courses will be asked to pay higher fees
than previously at Scottish universities, in
line with changes in England and Wales.
At Edinburgh Napier you will pay tuition
fees of £6,500 per year - a total of £26,000
if you study for four years. This is the
equivalent of paying £8,666 per year for a
Funding
three-year degree in England or Wales. Or
if you meet the criteria to join us in second
Worried that you don’t know how much
or third year, you will pay only £19,500 or
going to university will cost you or how
£13,000 in total.*
you might pay for it all? Don’t be! There
are several sources of funding available
Students from the rest of the UK (RUK)
and if you find it confusing at this point,
can apply for a tuition fee loan so you won’t
rest assured that Edinburgh Napier has
have to pay anything back until you’re
people on hand to help - even if you haven’t
earning a full-time wage. More information
registered on your course yet!
about funding is available:
Tuition Fees for English students at Student Finance
England –
Full-time Undergraduate: www.studentfinanceengland.co.uk;
for Northern Irish students at Student
If you are a Scottish student coming to
Edinburgh Napier and you haven’t done a Finance NI –
degree before then you don’t have to pay www.studentfinanceni.co.uk; and
tuition fees. The Students Awards Agency for Welsh students at Student Finance
for Scotland (SAAS) will pay these for you: Wales –
www.saas.gov.uk
www.studentfinancewales.co.uk.
*Correct at time of printing.Sources of Funding RUK Bursary
Student Loan The aim of the RUK Bursary is to
help ensure students from financially
As well as getting any fees paid for you, you disadvantaged backgrounds and whose
may also be eligible to apply for a student home is in the rest of the UK (RUK), eg
loan. The student loan is means tested and England, Northern Ireland or Wales, are still
dependent on your personal circumstances. able to accept a place at Edinburgh Napier
You only start paying back your student University and complete their studies
loan after you graduate and you’ll pay back successfully.
just nine per cent of any salary you earn
over £15,795.* You will not have to pay back Students who have been assessed as having
your loan over a fixed period. to pay fees at RUK levels by Edinburgh
See: www.slc.co.uk Napier University are likely to be eligible to
apply provided they satisfy other conditions
Young Students’ Bursary (YSB) related to family income. Students whose
family income level is less than £25,000
If you are a Scottish student and under the may be eligible for £2,000 per year and
age of 25 when you start your course you students whose family income level is
can apply for a Young Students’ Bursary. assessed as between £25,000 and £42,600
This is also means tested and subject to may be eligible for £1,000 per year.*
personal circumstances. The YSB is money
that you are awarded that you do not need You must already be a matriculated student
to pay back. This bursary normally replaces of Edinburgh Napier University to apply.
part of the student loan so you have less to Application forms will be available at
pay back later. matriculation.
Independent Students’ Bursary (ISB)
Email studentfunding@napier.ac.uk for
further information.
If you are an independent student when
you start your course you may be eligible Nursing and Midwifery courses
to apply for the Independent Students’
Bursary. This Bursary is means tested and If you are thinking of applying for a nursing
subject to personal circumstances. This or midwifery course, you can apply for a
Bursary normally replaces part of the non-means-tested bursary. You will need to
student loan and therefore reduces the apply for this bursary annually but once you
amount of money you have to pay back graduate you will not need to pay it back.
later. See: www.saas.gov.uk Applications are made through SAAS:
www.saas.gov.uk
Student loans, YSBs and ISBs are paid
directly in to your bank account in monthly Additional funding
instalments. You have to apply to SAAS for
these for each year you study: As well as student loans and bursary
www.saas.gov.uk funding as above, there is a wide range of
other financial support available to you
including:
*Correct at time of printing. *Correct at time of printing. Tax credits Part time students may be eligible for
Council Tax reduction/exemption some help towards essential childcare
costs through the Edinburgh Napier
Edinburgh Napier University
Discretionary Fund:
Discretionary Fund (provides help to
www.napier.ac.uk/study/fees-funding
matriculated students who run into
financial difficulties when studying at the For more detailed information about
University – includes potential help with funding for childcare provided by Edinburgh
travel costs). See: Napier University please visit:
www.napier.ac.uk/study/fees-funding www.napier.ac.uk/study/fees-funding or
call Edinburgh Napier on 08452 60 60 40.
Disabled students’ allowance
Scholarships Support
Childcare At Edinburgh Napier, we believe every
student is an individual with their own
As at college, there is help and support needs. There is substantial support on offer
available to provide formal, registered – we will help and support you from your
childcare for parents who are studying. initial application, while you are a student
Examples of childcare financial support are: here, and after you graduate. Our support
Lone parents can apply for a Lone is available to you in a number of different
Parent Grant from SAAS: ways.
www.saas.gov.uk
Academic support
Nursing, midwifery and social care
students who are parents and are eligible Coming to university can be challenging.
for a non means tested bursary may Edinburgh Napier has created a number of
be eligible for the Childcare Grant for academic support systems designed to ease
you into your studies. These include:
Parents: www.saas.gov.uk
Academic Skills workshops, for example
Lone parents who are studying on a full
on writing essays and reports, Harvard
time undergraduate course at Edinburgh referencing, or giving oral presentations.
Napier University may be eligible to
One-to-one academic support
apply for the Lone Parent Childcare appointments with a Student Learning
Grant: Adviser.
www.napier.ac.uk/study/fees-funding Essay and Referencing Doctor drop-in
The Edinburgh Napier University sessions.
Childcare Fund – to be eligible you must Orientation programmes in Week 1 and
be studying on a full time undergraduate the previous week, giving you a chance
course (not available to students in to learn about studying at university,
receipt of a non-means-tested bursary introducing you to Edinburgh Napier’s
facilities, and, most, importantly, giving
for study on nursing, midwifery and
you a chance to make friends before the
social care courses).
hustle and bustle of classes begins.Student Support How to find out more…
Similar to college, you’ll find Edinburgh Visit Edinburgh Napier
Napier has a range of student support
services that can provide help and advice to If you’re interested in coming to study
you on a number of topics, including: at Edinburgh Napier we would always
encourage you to visit us. Each year the
Money matters
University arranges Open Days for
Accommodation potential students. You’ll be able to:
Counselling Get information about all our courses;
Special needs and disabilities See the excellent facilities that Edinburgh
Napier has to offer;
No matter what you need help with, we may
Speak to current students and staff;
be able to give you some advice or at least
point you in the right direction. All you need Tour our Student Accommodation;
to do is ask! and much, much more.
Napier Students’ Association Edinburgh Napier also runs a number of
subject specific information sessions. For
The Napier Students’ Association (NSA) is more information including dates of our
run by current Edinburgh Napier students upcoming information sessions and Open
and is there to support students in a Days please log on to:
number of ways, including arranging fun, www.napier.ac.uk/opendays
social activities, such as Freshers’ Week,
and running the sports clubs and societies.
NSA also offers advice and representation For further information, please contact
to students when things don’t go to plan. the Edinburgh Napier Information Office:
ISAS, the Independent Student Advice
Service, can provide you with free and Call: 08452 60 60 40
confidential welfare and education advice.
+44 (0) 131 455 2801
Web: www.napier.ac.ukFull-time Part-time, distance learning
or blended learning
UCAS is the centralised For all of the above types of
How do I apply? application service for all courses you apply direct to
full-time undergraduate Edinburgh Napier.
degrees.
To fill out the UCAS online Please go to our website and
Where do I get an application form, please go fill out an online application
application form? to: www.ucas.com form: www.napier.ac.uk
If you are choosing just one No fee.
course to apply to, UCAS will
Does it cost anything to charge you £12. The charge
apply? is £23 to apply for up to five
courses.*
When choosing more than
Need to know information one course there is no need
to put your application in
any particular order.
*Correct at time of printing.Contact us
Please call 08452 60 60 40, or visit: www.napier.ac.uk
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