ILA Scotland - it pays to learn
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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 people who have an income of £22,000 a year or less, or
who are on benefits.
If you are 16 or over and living in Scotland, you could get up to £500 towards the cost of learning with a learner account from ILA Scotland.
There are two types of account available
If you are 16 or over and living in Scotland, you could get up to £500 towards the cost of learning with a learner account from ILA Scotland.
There are two types of account available
£200 accounts are available if you are interested in learning something new or brushing up your skills. There is a wide range of courses to choose from and you can study with any approved ILA Scotland learning provider, including learning centres, local colleges, universities and private training companies.
On 1 April 2011, ILA500 was replaced with a new Part-Time Fee Grant that will be delivered by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS).
Visit the SAAS website www.student-support-saas.gov.uk to find out more and download an application form for academic year 2011-12.
You can only have one type of account open at any time so it’s important that you choose carefully.
To request an Application Pack, or to find out more, visit www.ilascotland.org.uk or call the helpline free on 0808 100 1090.
How to use your ILA Scotland account
All the CPD Bytes courses are now available through the ILA Scotland Approved Provider AOK Learning Ltd
Click here to order using your ILA Account
or call AOK Learning on 0141 221 1001 or CPD Bytes on 01506 631 854.
- Your details will be entered on the ILA Scotland system. This will reserve the appropriate amount of money in your account but it will not actually be paid out to the learning provider until after you start the course.
- ILA Scotland will then send you confirmation of the course details and a statement showing how much of your account will be used to pay for it. You will also receive a learning token.
- Contact AOK Learning or CPD Bytes and enrol onto the course
- When you start your course then enter your learning token to confirmation that you are happy for ILA Scotland to pay your learning provider.
- Your learning provider will then put the details of your learning token on the ILA Scotland system and the money reserved in your account will be paid to them.
This is the process you will go through each time you use funds from your account.
Remember that you must have opened your account and received your ILA Scotland account number before you book a course.