ILA Scotland is a Scottish Government scheme that helps you pay for learning that you can do at a time, place, pace and in a way to suit you. It’s for anyone who has an income of £22,000 a year or less, or who is on benefits.
If you are over 16 and living in Scotland, you could get up to £500 towards the cost of learning with a learner account from ILA Scotland.
There are 2 types of account available:
£200 accounts are available for people who are interested in learning something new. There are a wide range of courses available and you can study with any ILA Scotland approved learning provider, including colleges, universities, learning centres and private training companies.
£500 accounts are available if you are studying a part-time higher education or professional qualification course such as a Higher National Certificate (HNC), Higher National Diploma (HND) or a Degree. You must be studying 40 Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) credits or more an academic year.
You can also choose from higher education courses, Professional Development Awards (PDA), and Continuing Professsional Development (CPD) courses at SCQF levels 7 - 10. For academic year 2009 - 10 you can also get up to £500 towards eligible part - time taught postgraduate courses, PDA and CPD courses at SCQF level 11.
Working in Partnership
ILA Scotland has been working in partnership with Scottish trade unions and the Scottish Union Learning to promote learning in the workplace.
Over the past year ILA Scotland partnership development officers, Claire Elliott and Colin Reed, have travelled all over the country to meet ULRs. Their aim is to encourage trade union members to use their ILA Scotland funds.
There are lots of ways in which we can work with trade unions and ULRs, below are just some examples:
• We can supply Scottish Union Learning branded ILA Scotland marketing materials free of charge.
• We can supply information for you to include in your website or newsletter.
• You can request an ILA Scotland adviser to attend your learning events.
To see some examples of partnership working, our brand new Trade Union newsletter is now available, and has been specially developed to keep members updated with news, case studies and any changes to the ILA Scotland scheme.
To be added to the mailing list, fill out the form below.
Contact Us
If you would like to find out more about ILA Scotland then get in touch and speak with ILA Scotland’s Partnership Development Officers.
You might want to contact them to organise an ILA Scotland information session for your organisation, to request support for events or just for any questions you may have about ILA Scotland.
Claire Elliott – central and southern Scotland
Phone: 0141 285 6065
Colin Reed – northern Scotland
Phone: 0141 285 6168
Alternatively, visit the ILA Scotland website.
