Course fees – further information
Embarking on a legal career is an investment – of both your time and your money. Not only are you taking important steps towards a stimulating career, but you are sowing the seeds for a financially rewarding one too.
Course fees for each year are payable in full or in two instalments – one before 21 August, before the start of the course, and one before 5 December.
Annual fees for part-time students will be set at 50% of each centre’s full-time fees for the year.
How to pay your deposit for courses starting in 2008
How to pay your fees
How do I get an invoice, receipt or statement?
What if I'm being sponsored?
What if I have applied for a Career Development Loan?
What if I might miss the payment deadline?
Early cancellation within 11 days
Cancellation after 11 days
What if I have a different course fee query?
How to pay your deposit for courses starting in 2008
Along with your signed Acceptance of Offer form, you will need to send a deposit cheque for £350 to Admissions in order to book your place or supply debit/credit card details for card payment. A cheque must be paid from a sterling bank account and be made payable to The College of Law. This deposit secures your place.
On the back of your cheque, in the top left hand corner, please write clearly your surname, course reference and your Student Reference Number (your Student Reference Number is found near the bottom of your Acceptance of Offer form, to the right of the signature and date lines).
Put the completed form and the cheque in the envelope we have provided and mail it in time to be received by Admissions at the College no later than the date on the Acceptance of Offer form.
If you are paying your deposit from abroad and do not have a sterling bank account, please contact Admissions@lawcol.co.uk or Finance.Department@lawcol.co.uk, quoting your student reference number.
For course fees payment queries, please e-mail Finance.Department@lawcol.co.uk.
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How to pay your fees
When and how much should I pay?
Instalments
Pay in full before 21 August or by two instalments
- First instalment before 21 August 2008
- Second instalment before 5 December 2008
You will be sent a fees request e-mail to your College and personal e-mail accounts during the week commencing 7 July 2008. This is a formal demand for course fee payment.
Course Fees
The course fee pays for tuition, text books, course materials, learning resources and all first attempt examinations and assessments. Examination resits will be charged for separately.
Please note that there is no need to contact the College to check whether your payment has been received as there is an automatic process to acknowledge both payment and outstanding payment.
Coure fees are exempt for VAT purposes.
How should I pay?
In sterling as follows:
- By Cheque
- Cheques should be made payable to The College of Law and sent to Student Services at your chosen centre to arrive before 21 August 2008 (1st instalment) and before 5 December 2008 (2nd instalment). Contact details can be found via http://www.college-of-law.co.uk/contact-us.html.
- Please write your user name, full name and course on the reverse of the cheque. Your user name is the six digit number included on the pre-course correspondence.
- If you pay by a cheque drawn on an overseas bank there may be a delay before the bank can process your cheque and you will be liable for any bank charges
- From an on-line bank account
- If you want to pay direct from your on-line bank account then please log onto ELITE for guidance.
- By Debit Card
- As banks set limits on the amounts they anticipate debit cards will be used for, it is advisable to let your bank know in advance that you are paying your course fees this way.
- There are no transaction charges for payments made by debit card. Payment can be made at your chosen centre.
To make a debit card payment for course fees please print out, complete and send off the
card payment form to your study centre for processing or alternatively please contact your study centre directly and make a card payment over the phone.
- By Credit Card
- Payment can be made at your chosen centre by Mastercard or Visa.
Please note that if payment is made by credit card we also add a standard transaction charge of 1.5% to cover the merchant service charges imposed on the College by the banks.
To make a credit card payment for course fees please print out, complete and send off the
card payment form to your study centre for processing or alternatively please contact your study centre directly and make a card payment over the phone.
- Payments from abroad
- If you are paying your deposit from abroad and do not have a sterling bank account please contact Admissions@lawcol.co.uk stating your student reference number.
- If you are paying your course fees from abroad and do not have a sterling bank account please contact Finance.Department@lawcol.co.uk, quoting your student reference number.
Please note that even if someone other than you makes any payment, or agrees to make any payment, on your behalf you remain liable for all payment until The College of Law has received cleared funds. Any rights The College of Law may have against the payer are not affected.
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How do I get an invoice, receipt or statement?
- Invoice
A fees request e-mail will be issued to your College and personal e-mails account during the week commencing 7 July 2008. This is a formal demand for payment.
- Receipts
When your payment has been allocated on our system you will receive an e-mailed acknowledgement in your College e-mail box. If you require a receipt which includes the value of your payment then please request one via finance.department@lawcol.co.uk
- Statements
Statements will be regularly e-mailed to your College e-mail account.
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What if I'm being sponsored?
The College will invoice your sponsor when you have confirmed details via e-mail to studentsponsors@lawcol.co.uk. Without confirmation you will be required to pay your own course fees before 21 August (1st instalment) and 5 December (2nd instalment)
Please indicate in the email your name, student reference number, course and Centre. Please also include your sponsor's name, correspondence address and e-mail address and confirm the amount being sponsored for the course fee and SRA/BSB registration fee. The College will need these details by 27 June 2008, otherwise you will be sent a fee request email in July. Confirmation is required for each year of the part-time course.
If you receive sponsorship after 27 June 2008 then please send details as above as soon as you can.
If you obtain sponsorship after you have paid the College then please seek reimbursment direct from your sponsor.
If you are still awaiting confirmation of a training contract in July then please ensure you are familiar with the cancellation dates in the finance terms and conditions.
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What if I have applied for a Career Development Loan?
As the loan provider will not release any funds until it has received confirmation that you have started on the course, you must provide proof of loan approval or a confirmation letter to Student Services at your centre before 21 August 2008.
Please make sure you apply for a Career Development Loan in time to meet the 21 August 2008 payment deadline.
When should I arrange funding?
It is strongly recommended that you make funding arrangements in good time. If you have still not arranged funding by July then please ensure you are familiar with the cancellation dates in the finance terms and conditions.
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What if I might miss the payment deadline?
Please contact your bank as soon as possible to discuss and agree the areas of funding available to you. Your bank will be best placed to advise you on funding options, including those you may need for short-term cash flow purposes. As per the finance terms and conditions payment to the College is via a maximum of two instalments. If you wish to fund your course place by more than two instalments then please see the 'Funding' section of the website for schemes such as Career Development Loans and the Natwest Loan Scheme.
What if I have a query about my liability for course fees?
The finance terms and conditions apply to all students. Occasionally students may have queries about their fee liability or wish to make an appeal. Please re-read the finance terms and conditions before sending any course fee query to finance.department@lawcol.co.uk.
What if I have missed the payment deadline?
- You risk being de-registered from the course and legal action being taken to collect fees
- Examination results and assessment results will not be issued
- GDL students who have not paid their fees will also lose their guarantee of a place on the next LPC
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Early cancellation within 11 days
After we have received your Acceptance of Offer form we will send you confirmation information. This will confirm the course fees payable and the contract between the College and yourself. You may cancel this contract within 11 days from receipt of the confirmation information. This right ends if the course starts before the end of the 11-day period.
How to exercise your right to early cancellation
This right to cancel may only be exercised by giving notice in writing to the College within the 11 days by any of the following means:
- by e-mail to admissions@lawcol.co.uk. E-mail cancellation is preferable as we will confirm receipt by return
- by delivery by hand or sending it by post to The College of Law, Admissions Department, Braboeuf Manor, Portsmouth Road, St Catherines, Guildford, Surrey GU3 1HA. We will treat the notice as having been given on the day you posted it, so you are advised to send this by recorded delivery
- by fax to 01483 577045. We will treat the notice as having been given on the day it is faxed, so you are advised to keep a fax confirmation sheet confirming your transmission was completed
What happens on early cancellation?
If you exercise this right to cancel within 11 days, we will refund all payments you have made to us in full and you will not be liable for any further payments.
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Cancellation after 11 days
If you cancel after the 11-day period, you may lose your deposit depending on the Deposit Refund Deadline. You may also be liable for part or all of the course fee. Please refer to the finance terms and conditions of your offer for more information.
If you fail exams
If you fail one or more exams, you should confirm this via e-mail to admissions@lawcol.co.uk as soon as possible. Tell us when you will be retaking your exams and when the results are due - we will then be able to advise you further.
Cancellation
The finance terms and conditions relating to cancellation of your course place are sent to you with your offer information. Please read and familiarise yourself with these terms and conditions. The finance terms and conditions include how to communicate your cancellation decision as well as your deposit and course fee liability in the event of a cancellation.
Deferrals
Admissions may be able to defer your place to the course starting in 2009. Deferrals are granted in the majority of cases but are discretionary and you will be notified in writing whether or not your request has been accepted. The deadline for requesting deferrals is 31 July 2008. Please note that if your deferral is granted, your deposit will not be refunded at any point after:
- LPC/BVC – 31 May 2008
- GDL – 30 June 2008
Requesting deferral once you have accepted your place
Please e-mail admissions@lawcol.co.uk before 31 July 2008 explaining why you wish to defer .
Note to full-time GDL and LPC students
Under the rules of the Central Applications Board, your deferral with the College to 2009 will lapse if you apply to other providers for the same full-time course to start in 2009.
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What if I have a different course fee query?
Please get in touch with one of the contacts listed below:
We have automatic processes in place to acknowledge both payment and any overdue balances, so there is no need for you to worry about contacting us to check if your payment has been received. For any other queries relating to paying your course fees, please contact:
Birmingham
Student Services
Telephone: 01483 216080
Chester
Laura Leadsom - Telephone: 01483 216860 - laura.leadsom@lawcol.co.uk
Mike Sandford-West - Telephone: 01483 216846 mike.sandford-west@lawcol.co.uk
Guildford
Student Services
Telephone: 01483 216622
Fax: 01483 454133
studentservices.g@lawcol.co.uk
London Bloomsbury
Nneka Ezeilo
Telephone: 01483 216480
Fax: 0207 580 2825
bloomsbury.finance@lawcol.co.uk
London Moorgate
Nyaradzo Chigwada - Telephone: 01483 216270
Ashley Harris - Telephone: 01483 216268
Kelly Burwood - Telephone: 01483 216640
finance-moorgate@lawcol.co.uk
York
Joanne Fletcher - Telephone: 01483 216152
Chris Sawyer - Telephone: 01483 216699
Caroline Davies - Telephone: 01483 216737
Central Finance
Finance.department@lawcol.co.uk
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