Luther King House Bursary Scheme for self-financing BA students at the Partnership for Theological Education
LKHET is committed to making Christian Education accessible to as many as possible but the costs involved in running our courses mean that there is a charge for joining classes. Any potential student who is interested in studying for personal development may do so for as little as £4.40 per session attended. There is a higher charge for people taking modules which form part of a degree, which reflects the costs faced by LKHET in providing degree courses.
Higher education fees in the mainstream sector have almost universally been raised to £3,000 per full time year of study from September 2006-7. LKHET has set the fee for study on the BA degree programme at £2,700 for the academic year 2006-7, which is less than will be charged by many mainstream universities. However, it is recognised that even this charge is beyond the means of some wishing to undertake a BA degree.
The LKHET Bursary Committee has decided to make available funding for bursaries which could reduce fees payable by up to 50% making a total payment due of as little as £1,350 for a complete year of study commencing in 2006. The Bursary Committee has attempted to make calculation of bursaries as simple as possible. From September 2006 the following rules for grant of bursaries will apply.
- Bursaries will only be available for self-financing students admitted to the Partnership’s undergraduate courses through the Manchester Ecumenical College.
- Bursaries will usually only be granted for tuition fees.
- Some provision of bursaries to assist with travel and overnight accommodation may become available, but policy is still under review.
- Bursaries will be granted only to those who can show they have already applied for any assistance from public funds for which they might qualify. Such assistance from public funds is usually available only to UK or EU citizens without a local education authority-funded first degree. Applications for bursary assistance may be made pending a final decision by a local education authority
Bursaries from our funds will never be sufficient to cover living expenses and anyone wishing to study at LKHET should ensure they have sufficient funds to cover these themselves. This is particularly relevant to international students who should ensure that they have funds of approximately £7,500 per year to cover their living expenses.
Will I get a bursary?
First, you need to list all sources of household income on your bursary application form. You should include pay, pensions, local authority grants, income from a spouse or partner, benefits, donations from church sources or from fellow members of your congregation. Income on which you pay tax should be quoted before tax is deducted.
From this sum of total income, you should deduct the allowances relevant to your circumstances.
- For your personal living expenses, deduct £5000
- For each dependant (child, spouse, partner or older relative) deduct a further £2500
- If you have a household to maintain, deduct a further £10,000. If you share the cost of maintaining a household with another person (which might be your partner, or it might be that you simply rent a room in a shared household), deduct only £5000.
The figure you are now left with is your residual income.
If your residual income is at 15,000 or below then you will receive a full fifty per cent discount on fees.
The discount on fees tapers off as residual income rises. If your residual income is £23,000 or more you will pay full fees.
A table allowing students to work out if they are likely to be entitled to a bursary is shown below.
| Residual income
| Percentage of discount on tuition fees awarded*
|
| 23,000 | 0 % |
| 22,000 | 6 % |
| 21,000 | 12.5 % |
| 20,000 | 18 % |
| 19,000 | 25 % |
| 18,000 | 31 % |
| 17,000 | 37.5 % |
| 16,000 | 43 % |
| 15,000 | 50 % |
To receive a bursary application form, please contact
Registrar’s Office
Partnership for Theological Education
Luther King House
Brighton Grove
Manchester
M14 5JP learning@lkh.co.uk 0161 249 2504