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Fees and Financial

Assistance2012-13


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Contents What does it mean to be aConservatoire student?

What does it mean to be

a Conservatoire student?

Fees and nance from 2012

Government grants and loans

How to apply for Student Finance

Conservatoire Scholarships

Support from the schools

Alternative sources of funding

Financial assistance summary

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Collectively, we and eight specialist,

internationally renowned schools

form one unique higher education

institution: the Conservatoire for Dance

and Drama.

This means that you will benet

from the same Government nancial

support given to students of all

publicly-funded higher education

institutions and universities in England,

as well as obtaining a higher education

qualication.

Students at Conservatoire schools

benet from the collaborative dialogue

between afliate schools which

share good practice, knowledge and

resources, all to get the very best

out of this unique relationship and

structure. In practice, this means

that as a student you might have the

opportunity to collaborate with people

from the other Conservatoire schools,as well as working with professional

artists across different art forms. The

Conservatoire schools focus is on

developing you as a professional artist,

ensuring that you can join the ranks of

performers, choreographers, theatre

technicians, directors, designers and

artists who, we hope, will shape the

future of dance, drama and circus arts.

Conservatoire Afliate Schools

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Central School of Ballet

Circus Space

London Academy of Music and

Dramatic Art

London Contemporary Dance School

Northern School of Contemporary

Dance

Rambert School of Ballet and

Contemporary Dance

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

This leaet explains the Conservatoires

course fees for 2012/13 and outlines

the forms of nancial support available,including who is eligible and how to

apply.

Please note that this leaet is

accurate at the time of production.

However, students should visit the

Conservatoires website:

www.cdd.ac.ukfor regular updates

about fees and nance.

By becoming a student of one of the Conservatoires schools, you will not

only be part of your school, but also part of a world-class Conservatoire of

schools.

Photography credits:

Cover: Alicia Clarke

nside cover: Bertil Nilsson

Page 6: Patrick Baldwin

Back cover: Richard Hubert Smith 3

Conservatoire for Dance and Drama

Tavistock House, Tavistock Square

London WC1H 9JJ

Tel: 020 7387 5101

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.cdd.ac.uk


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Fees and nance from 2012 Government grants and loans

Changes to Government funding

As a result of recent changes in Government funding to higher education, the

Conservatoire faces a considerable reduction in its teaching grant from 2012. In

order to continue to offer the world-class level of training and facilities for which

our schools are renowned, we are charging new students 9,000 per year for all

undergraduate programmes. The Conservatoire will continue to subsidize the

full cost of its vocational programmes. We have also put in place an extensive

nancial support package to ensure that we continue to admit the most talented

students, irrespective of background.

This leaet explains what these changes will mean for you as a prospective

student and the different sources of support which are available to you.

If you are new to higher education, rememberyou will not have to pay anything

up front. If this is your second degree, you may be entitled to support from the

Conservatoire or from the individual schools. Your nancial status will not affect

how we view your application.

Tuition fees

The table below shows the fees the Conservatoire will charge for courses starting

in September 2012:

New UK undergraduate students 9,000

New EU undergraduate students 9,000

UK/EU second degree undergraduate students 9,000

UK/EU postgraduate students Not less than 4,500Overseas students (all courses) Not less than 16,000

Fees for overseas and postgraduate* students have not yet been set. Please

check our website: www.cdd.ac.ukas we will be updating this information once

it is available.

*The Conservatoire does not currently offer nancial assistance for postgraduate

courses, but the individual schools may offer certain support schemes. Please

contact the relevant school for further information.

UK students

If you are an English domiciled student and this is your rst degree you can

apply for nancial support from Student Finance England. If you are domiciled in

Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales, you can apply for nancial support from the

equivalent regional authorities. You can apply for:

A tuition fee loan

A maintenance loan (to help with living costs)

An income-assessed maintenance grant (you dont have to pay this back)

Remember you will need to reapply for each year of your training.

Tuition fee loan

If you are a UK student new to higher education you can apply for a tuition fee

loan to cover the full cost of your fees. You do not have to pay anything upfront.

Maintenance loan

All new UK students can apply for a basic maintenance loan to help with living

costs such as food, travel and accommodation, no matter what their household

income. The table below shows what you may be entitled to:

Living at home Up to 4,375

Living away from home - outside London Up to 5,500

Living away from home - in London Up to 7,675

Maintenance grant

Students with a household income of up to 42,600 can receive a non-

repayable maintenance grant in addition to a maintenance loan.

Students with a household income of 25,000 or less can receive the full grant of

3,250 per year of study. Students with a household income of between 25,001

and 42,600 can receive a partial grant of between 3,250 and 50.

Maintenance grants and loans are paid in three instalments at the start of each

term, after you have registered with your school and the Conservatoire.

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How to apply for student nance

English domiciled students

To apply for nancial support, visit the Student Finance England website:www.direct.gov.uk/studentnance

TheYour Futurewebsite for students starting university in 2012 offers further

advice, including tools to estimate your loan entitlement and calculate your

repayments.

http://yourfuture.direct.gov.uk

Students from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

If you are a student domiciled in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales you can apply for

nancial support from the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly Government or the

Northern Ireland Executive.

Students from Northern Ireland: www.studentnanceni.co.uk

Students from Scotland: www.student-support-saas.gov.uk

Students from Wales*: www.studentnancewales.co.uk

*If you are a Welsh domiciled student, you can get a tuition fee loanof up to 3,465 and

atuition fee grantwhich will pay the balance of the full tuition fees up to a maximum of

9,000 this does not have to be paid back.

Students from the EU

If you are an EU student intending to study in the UK, depending on your circumstances

you may be entitled to:

A tuition fee loan which you repay after graduating

Help with living costs and certain other expenses

Remember you will need to reapply for each year of your training.

For more information and to apply, visit: www.direct.gov.uk/studentnance

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How do loan repayments work?

If you take out a tuition fee loan and/or a maintenance loan from Student Finance

England, you will not have to repay anything until after you have graduated and

are earning a minimum salary.

Key facts about repayments:

You wont repay anything until you are earning 21,000

You will only repay 9% of what you earn above 21,000, i.e. if you earn

25,000, you will repay 9% of 4,000, which works out as 30 per month

After 30 years, the debt is written off

If you never earn over 21,000 you will never pay anything back

Student loans are not recorded on your credit rating le, i.e. this should not

impact on your ability to get a mortgage

The table below gives examples of what your repayments might look like:

Earnings Annual repayment Monthly repayment

15,000 Nothing Nothing

21,000 Nothing Nothing

22,000 90 7.50

25,000 360 30

30,000 810 67.50

40,000 1,710 142.50

50,000 2,610 217.50

The Money-Saving Expert website has a very useful summary of how student

loans work:

www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/student-loans-tuition-fees-changes


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Conservatoire Scholarships The Conservatoire offers a range of scholarships in the form of fee discounts,which means your debt after graduating will be reduced. See the table belowfor details of what the scholarships are worth and who is eligible.

Scholarship Who is eligible How it is allocated How to apply What its worth Number

available

National

Scholarship

Programme

Students who meet the

following criteria:

undergraduates

English domiciled / EU*

new to HE

from a household income

of less than 25,000

Awarded on basis of talent,

with priority to: low income

students, disabled students,

looked after children/care

leavers, travellers, refugees

and those in certain ethnic

minority groups

Income assessment through

Student Finance or Conservatoire

means testing and through

audition/interview

Discount of 3,000 per year for

each year of training

30 across the

eight schools

Means tested fee

discounts

All UK and EU undergraduate

students who are new to HE

Household income less than

25,000


Student Finance or Conservatoiremeans testing

Discount of 1,000 per year for

each year of training

All eligible

students

All UK and EU undergraduate

students who are new to HE

Household income 25,001 -

42,600



means testing

Discount of up to 1,000 per year

per year for each year of training

All eligible

students

Additional fee

discount

Students who meet the

following criteria:

undergraduates

UK/EU

new to HE

from a household income

of less than 42,600

Awarded on basis of talent Income assessment through


means testing and through

audition/interview

Discount of up to 2,000 per year

for each year of training

Discretionary

Sir Bob Reid

Scholarship

All UK/EU students on all

undergraduate programmes

Awarded on basis of talent Judgement in rst year of training Discount of 3,000 per year in the

second and third years of study

8 (one at

each school)

Talent and

need based

scholarships

All UK/EU students on all

undergraduate programmes

Awarded on basis of talent

and exceptional need

Income assessment and/or

audition/interview

Discount of up to a maximum of

4,000 per year for each year of

training

Discretionary

Care leaver

bursary

Meets denition of a care leaver

(www.cdd.ac.uk/student-info/

care-leaver-support)

Awarded to all eligible

students

Self-identify as a care leaver on

the application form and/or on

the enrolment form when you

start your course

Bursary of 750 per year for each

year of training

All eligible

students

98*Please note that students from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not eligible for the National Scholarship Programme.

**You may be eligible for more than one Scholarship. The maximum discount you can receive is 4,000.


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Status May be eligible for

New undergraduate English

student

Government support through Student

Finance England:

Tuition fee loan

Maintenance loan

Income-assessed maintenance grant

Conservatoire Scholarship


New undergraduate studentfrom Northern Ireland / Scotland

/ Wales

Government support through regionalauthorities:

Tuition fee loan

Maintenance loan

Income-assessed maintenance grant



New undergraduate EU student Government support through Student

Finance England:

Tuition fee loan

Help with living costs (depending on

circumstances)



Second degree undergraduate

UK/EU student



Alternative funding e.g. Career and

Professional Development Loan

UK/EU postgraduate student Support from the schools

Access to Learning Fund (ALF)

Alternative funding

Overseas student (all courses) Alternative funding

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Financial assistance summary

Alternative sources of funding

The afliate schools may offer their own bursary schemes and support in addition

to the Scholarships offered by the Conservatoire. Please visit the individual

school websites for more information (see back page).

The table below is a quick way to identify what support you may be entitled to.

Source Website Description

Access to

Learning Fund

www.direct.gov.uk A hardship fund for students

experiencing nancial difculty.

You can only apply for this after

you have started your course

Career and

Professional

Development

Loans

www.direct.gov.uk If you already have a degree,

you can apply for a Career and

Professional Development bank

loan which you repay once you

have nished studying

Educational

Grants Services

www.direct.gov.uk A directory of organisations

which offer educational grants

Grants for

Individuals

www.grantsforindividuals.

org.uk

A directory of organisations

which offer grants

Turn To Us www.turn2us.org.uk A directory of organisations

which offer grants

For more useful links and the latest information about fees and nance for 2012,

please visit our website: www.cdd.ac.uk

If you are not eligible for a tuition fee loan or maintenance loan from the

Government, you may wish to look into alternative sources of funding to help you

nance your training. Some useful organisations are listed below.


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Afliate Schools

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

www.oldvic.ac.uk

Central School of Ballet

www.centralschoolofballet.co.uk

Circus Space

www.circusspace.co.uk

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

www.lamda.org.uk

London Contemporary Dance School

www.lcds.ac.uk

Northern School of Contemporary Dance

www.nscd.ac.uk

Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance

www.rambertschool.org.uk

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

www.rada.ac.uk

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