Benefits - education and school

A further education bursary is a discretionary grant made by the Education Authority to help maintain a person in education beyond the statutory school leaving age.

The conditions under which an award is made and assessed are subject to the Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Regulations 1995 and the currently approved policy of the Education Authority. 

West Lothian Council assists students attending full-time courses, up to, but not including Higher National Certificate level, in England or Wales and funded by the Learning and Skills Council, in vocational areas not provided for by any Scottish College of Further Education.