Student Finance for CIMA study

chloewain_

I am hoping to have completed my AAT level 4 in October and am wanting to start studying CIMA afterwards, however, my employee will not pay for it.
I work part-time (even if I worked full time, I would not get any study support) so that I could do distance learning for AAT level 4. However, I struggled a lot with this and find that I will massively benefit from classroom lessons instead. However, this is extremely expensive (£4k a year with a good provider like Kaplan) so am wondering if there are any funding schemes out there, please.
I am a full-time mum as well, so don't know if I would get help with nursery fees etc. but it looked like those kinds of funds were only available for 'full-time students' or students doing a degree/masters through a proper university.

I have even gone on private student funds, but of course, the learning provider is a university and Kaplan isn't an option.

Are there any universities I can study CIMA? I have had a look at the CIMA website but couldn't really see many options.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

But I definitely won't have employee study support, and I definitely want to go for classroom learning, because I know that if I do distance learning, I will just never complete it.

Thank you

Duchess1

when I did AAT at a local college, there was the option for a student loan.
http://www.icounttraining.com/cima-courses/

Duchess1

cima courses are available at a number of universities.

NeilH

Duchess1 said:

cima courses are available at a number of universities.

It's not where you do the course that affects eligibility for funding, but the type of course. Standard student loans are only available for degrees/higher education/university education (undergrad or post grad). You could look at Advanced Leaner Loans, not sure of the eligibility criteria. Alternatively, a more supportive employer...?

Gallium

https://www.cimaglobal.com/Our-locations/UK/find-out-about-joining-us/I-am-about-to-leave-school/UK-University-Partnerships/Study-for-CIMA-through-a-degree/Robert-Gordon-University/BA-accounting-with-CIMA-advanced-diploma/

Distance Learning I'm afraid, but I would still contact them to make enquiries etc.Fees are also drastically lower compared to England.