Coleg Gwent Online -The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)

The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)

An EMA is an allowance of £30 a week (paid fortnightly) for students who decide to stay on at College. You may be eligible for EMA if:

You are aged 16, 17 or 18 years of age on the 1st September 2012;
You normally live in Wales;
You attend an eligible course at a school or College which involves at least 12 hours or more study per week; and
You meet one of the criteria in the table below:

Family Circumstances	Household Income Threshold
You are an independent learner	£20,817
You are the only child in the household	£20,817
You have one or more brothers or sisters aged 16 or under in the household	£23,077
You have one or more brothers or sisters aged 20 or under who are in full time education or training and who are eligible to receive child benefit in the household	£23,077

You can start getting EMA payments as soon as you start your course, as long as you:

apply on time;
agree and sign a Learning Agreement with the College; and
meet your attendance, progress and behaviour requirements.

Once we approve your application the College will need to confirm you have attended. Then payments will be made to your bank or building society account fortnightly.

Learning Agreement

If you are accepted for EMA, once you start your course, you must sign a Learning Agreement with the College. This Learning Agreement covers all attendance and performance rules set by the College. You must meet these in order to receive your weekly allowance. To apply you will need to complete an EMA Application form. These forms are available from all Campuses or can be downloaded from the Student Finance Wales website.

Student Grants

Assembly Learning Grant

Learner Support Fund (LSF)

The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)

ReAct Funding

Higher Education support

Other Finance Support

The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)

Learning Agreement

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