Students enrolled on BA or MA Creative Practice degrees at Morley College London may be eligible to take selected short courses at no additional cost, subject to availability.

2025 to 26 introductory offer

• MA students: up to three short courses (typically one per semester)
• BA students: up to two short courses (typically one per semester)

From 2026 to 27

• BA and MA students: one short course per academic year

The offer applies to short courses with a fee of £300 or less. Courses above this threshold may require approval.

Places are subject to availability and approval through the enrolment process.

When we talk about higher education, we are referring to all courses at Level 4 and above that progress up to Level 8. These can be studied at colleges and universities.

Higher education qualifications include:

• Level 4:
  • Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE)
  • Higher National Certificate (HNC)
• Level 5:
  • Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE)
  • Higher National Diploma (HND)
• Level 6:
  • Bachelors of Honours (BA (Hons))
• Level 7
  • Master’s degrees

Higher education qualifications can open more doors for you in terms of employment because many careers now require applicants to hold a higher education qualification, for example, to work as a nurse, police officer or teacher.

On average, those who successfully complete a higher education qualification earn more than those who don’t over their lifetime.

Morley is proud to be London’s oldest adult education centre. We’ve provided adult education since 1889 and remain committed to helping London’s adults achieve their educational and career ambitions.

As an adult student at Morley, you will benefit from studying with like-minded adult students, in an environment focused on helping you to achieve your educational goals. Our teachers are experts in their fields and with our smaller class sizes for higher education classes, you will benefit from more one-to-one teacher contact to help you progress and learn individually.

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Our college centres are welcoming and small, so you won’t be lost in a crowd or simply be a number in a class, like you could be at a larger university.

We also have extra facilities for our students, including our renowned Morley Gallery and Morley Radio, both of which offer students opportunities to create, curate and display their work.

Our end of year art shows for example, give our arts students a fantastic opportunity to showcase their work in our gallery to wider audiences.

Financial support for HE Students

Morley College London Bursary

Morley College London will be able to offer a bursary for higher education students from academic year 2025 to 26. This could help with your living costs and additional study expenses, such as course equipment and materials.

Criteria:

• Home fee status
• Tuition fees of £7,995 or £7,200 Full Time and £4195 Part Time
• Household income of £25,000 or below

There will be 46 bursaries of £500 for full time students, and 12 of £250 for part time students.https://tronexa.cfd/the-morley-higher-education-he-bursary-2025-26-application/

Higher Education Hardship and Inclusion Bursary

This bursary will be for students facing short-term financial problems.

Criteria:

• Home fee status
• Tuition fees of £7,995 or £7,200 Full Time and £4195 Part Time
• Taken out the full funding available through Student Finance England (or Wales) and a household income of £30,000 or belowhttps://tronexa.cfd/higher-education-he-hardship-and-inclusion-bursary-2025-26-application/

Maintenance Loans for HE Students

Eligible students are able to apply for Maintenance loans on our Higher Education Courses. Students should apply directly to Student Finance England for the loans and should apply as early as possible to ensure that the appropriate funding is in place at the start of the course.
Maintenance loan payments are paid directly to the student from the Student Loans Company, and Morley will process appropriate attendance data to the Student Loans Company to facilitate payments.

Additionally eligible students can apply through Student Finance England for

• Adult Dependants’ Grant
• Disabled Students’ Allowance
• Childcare Grant
• Parents’ Learning Allowance

Travel Support for HE Students

Transport for London (TFL)

As a Higher Education student, if you live in a London borough you can get discounted travel with an 18+ Student Oyster photo card. Please apply through the https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/free-and-discounted-travel/18-plus-student-oyster-photocard

National Rail

Aged 16 to 25 or a Higher Education student aged 26 or over you can save one third on standard class rail fares throughout Great Britain. A 16 to 25 Railcard costs £30 and it’ll save you one third on rail fares throughout Great Britain for a year. Please apply via https://www.16-25railcard.co.uk/

Learning support for HE Students

The Additional Learning Support (ALS) team can help students with disabilities to get the most from their time at Morley College London. If you are applying for a HE course at Morley College London and you have a learning difficulty or disability, please get in touch with the ALS team as early as possible. We will arrange a time to meet with you to discuss any reasonable adjustments that you might require on your course or in the college. You can email us at [email protected] with any support queries or to arrange an appointment.

Students with disabilities including a physical or sensory condition, a long-term medical condition (including medically recognised mental health difficulties such as depression or anxiety disorder), or a neurodiverse condition, such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD or Autism can receive support via the Disabled Students’ Allowance Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA). We encourage you to make the application to the DSA as soon as possible as the process can take up to 14 weeks. If you would like some help with the application, please get in touch with the ALS team.

Academic support for HE Students

We offer academic support through our Additional Learning Support services. Our library also provides extensive resources and materials to aid academic learning and research skills development. Find out more at our Additional Learning Support page.

Employability for HE Students

At Morley College, we understand that students join us at various stages of their lives and careers. That’s why our Careers service is here to support you in making informed decisions about your next steps, whether that’s progressing to further education, entering the workforce, or exploring new opportunities

We provide resources, CV and cover letter support, and signposting to ensure you have access to the support you need. You can also contact the National Careers Service, where you can arrange a dedicated one to one meeting with a careers adviser to receive specialised career advice.
Read more on our Advice and guidance pages.

Once you know the higher education course you want to study, your next step is to make an application.

You can apply in two ways.

1. Directly via our website on the course page, if you are applying only to study part time.
2. For our full-time degrees, Cert HEs and HTQs, directly via our website or via UCAS (this is helpful if you are making more than one choice of centre to study). You can find us at Morley College London | UCAS.

Funding your studies

Colleges and universities charge tuition fees for higher education courses. If you’re over 18 years old and want to take a Higher Education course with us, you may be eligible for the Tuition Fee Loan, available from the government, to cover your course fees.

The student loan does not need to be paid back until you are earning a certain level of income.

You can also apply for financial support at the same time as your loan. You can apply for a maintenance loan to help cover the costs of living while studying e.g. contributing to accommodation costs. If you are studying on a Part-Time Higher Education Course, you may not be entitled to a maintenance loan.

What funding help is available?

You can also apply for these grants to cover other living costs. Grants do not have to be paid back, however, there are certain criteria that have to be met to receive a grant.

• Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA)
• Childcare Grant
• Parents’ Learning Allowance
• Adult Dependants’ Grant

If you require Learning Support on your course, you will need to apply for Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) at the same time as your loan to fund this. The Additional Learning Support Team at the college can help with this application, please contact then at [email protected] for more details.

Student Loans

Types of help for new full-time undergraduate higher education students include:

• Tuition Fee Loans to cover the full cost of tuition fees, and also:
• Maintenance Loans to cover living costs

You can start a loan application before you have an offer to make sure you have all the information in place and then confirm any changes once you are offered a place. Nothing will be liable until the college has you enrolled on a course, and the college confirms your registration and attendance.

Find out more about student loans for higher education:

Gov.uk Student Finance
Student Loans Company

Repayment

Repayments start the April after you complete or withdraw from your course. You pay back your loan (plus interest) when you finish your course and earn more than the income threshold. For more information on repayments visit the gov.uk website.

Independent Advice

Students are strongly advised to seek independent advice before taking out any kind of loan. The Money Helper website is a free initiative, set up by the government, which will provide impartial advice on all money matters, so you can be sure you’ve made the right choice. Visit https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en for more information.

Self-funding

If you choose to pay any part of the fee yourself, the college offers an instalment plan to allow you to stagger your payments by direct debit.

Morley College Higher Education Bursary

Morley College London will be able to offer a bursary for higher education students from academic year 2025-26. This could help with your living costs and additional study expenses, such as course equipment and materials, but not tuition fees. Click for more information.

Student Services

If you require any help or advice applying for your student loan, please email [email protected]

Morley College London is dedicated to foster fair access and participation for all students, with a strong commitment to tackling educational inequality. Our Access and Participation Plan (2025/26 to 2028/29) outlines our strategic measures, investments, and targets to achieve these goals and ensure accountability. The plan details our aims and objectives, along with specific actions to improve equality of opportunity for underrepresented groups at every stage of their educational journey.

Our latest plan, spanning 2025 to 29, details our aims, objectives, and actions to improve equal opportunities for underrepresented groups throughout their education.

Summary of our 2025/26-2028/29 Access and Participation Plan

Full 2025/26-2028/29 Access and Participation Plan

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