Level 3 Entitlement

If you are aged 19-23, meet the residency criteria and do not have any of the following qualifications listed below, you may be entitled to have your course fees paid for your first Level 3 course:

• A Levels (2 or more advanced level passes), 4 or more AS Levels (for AS qualifications regulated before 1 September 2015)

• QCF Diploma Level 3 

• QAA Access to HE 

• Advanced 14-19 Diploma

• GNVQ Advanced 

• NVQ level 3

• AVCE double award

• Tech Levels which are in the 16-19 Performance Tables 

• Applied Generals which are in the 16-19 Performance Tables (from 1 August 2015) 

• QCF Certificate at Level 3 which is 30 to 36 credits 

• From 1 August 2015 vocational qualifications of 300 GLH or more that are on the level 2 and level 3 legal entitlement qualification list

• QCF Dip/Cert/Award Level 4

• HNC, NVQ Level 4 

• Level 4 Professional Dip/Cert

• Certificate of Higher Education

• QCF Dip/Cert/Award Level 5 

• HND

• NVQ Level 5

• Foundation Degrees

• QCF Dip/Cert/Award Level 6,  

• Bachelor’s Degrees (BA)

• QCF Dip/Cert/Award Level 7

• Continuing Education Diploma

• Doctorates (PHD)

• Masters Degrees (MA)