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  Part III

Fees

Tuition per student / participant

Basic, advanced and medical theory

Tuition per student / participant

Basic, advanced and medical theory

TUITION FEES (from 4 January 2011):

Total cost of course: £3,574.47 + VAT 20% £714.83 = £4289.00)

Basic theory and Advanced theory/medical £536.13 (inc. VAT @ 20%) initial payment is 3 months’ fees with the balance payable as to £178.71 (inc. VAT @ 20%) per calendar month for 21 months, payable monthly in advance by standing order, the first instalment payable at beginning of the fourth calendar month. 

Students/participants have use of SCRTS’s machine for two years (subject to availability as stated above), but students/participants are advised to obtain the student version of their chosen software just prior to completion of basic theory. 

A discount of 15% off the advanced theory/medical course fees will be given should the student purchases his/her own computer-compatible shorthand machine and return any current loan machine to SCRTS. The monthly fees would, therefore, reduce to £151.90p, (inc. VAT @ 20%), for each complete month once the loan machine is returned. 

Should a student complete the course before 24 months, the balance of fees is still due and payable. The monthly instalment plan is a concession to enable students to fund their training. All fees quoted are inclusive of VAT and discounts are applied before VAT is calculated. Tuition fees may be reduced by up to 5% for six or more students/participants entering the course together at the same location. Should students/participants fall below six persons the above-mentioned discount will not be maintained and the amount payable will revert to the full fee for the remainder of the course. Replacement students/participants will be accepted on the course upon payment of a start-up fee of £536.13 (inclusive of VAT @ 20%). Thereafter the replacement student/participant’s monthly fee will be payable. 

Students must give one calendar month's notice in writing, or one month’s fee in lieu of notice, to withdraw from course. All loan equipment and tutorial books/digital audio recordings to be returned in good order with such notice and, upon such receipt, no more monthly fees will be payable. In the event a student/participant discontinues the course, there shall be no obligation to pay any monthly instalments coming due after written notification of the student/participant’s election to discontinue the course and the return of all loan equipment/tutorial. 

For Information Advice and Guidance on all forms of funding please go to www.direct.gov.uk or contact Next Step on 0800 100 900.  Our learning provider registration number is:: 6476.

Do please remember that a loan of any sort has to be paid back.

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Discounts

Tuition fees may be reduced by up to 5% for six or more students/ participants entering the course together at the same location. Should students/participants fall below six persons the above discount will not be maintained and the amount payable will revert to the full fee for the remainder of the course. Replacement students/participants will be accepted on the course upon payment of a start-up fee of £536.13  (inc. VAT @ 20%). Thereafter the replacement student/participant’s monthly fee will be payable.

If beginning students/participants provide their own computerised Steno machine a discount of 15% will be allowable off the fees.  All discounts are calculated before VAT is added.

Withdrawal

Students must give one calendar month's notice in writing, or one month’s fee in lieu of notice, to withdraw from course. All loan equipment and tutorial books/digital audio recordings to be returned in good order with such notice and, upon such receipt, no more monthly fees will be payable.  In the event a student/participant discontinues the course, there shall be no obligation to pay any monthly instalments coming due after written notification of the student/participant’s election to discontinue the course and the return of all loan equipment/tutorial.  Any refund of any fees paid in advance will be at the Principal’s discretion, but would usually be for any full months' of tutorial remaining after the expiry of any written notice and the return of all loan equipment/tutorial.

Students from abroad

For students from Abroad or resident off mainland UK , the cost of course is £4,500 per student payable as to £1,000 down and the balance of £3,500 payable by seven quarterly instalments (in advance) of £500. VAT will not be chargeable if the whole of the learning/training takes place abroad.  Students must purchase their own machine and bear, in advance, half the cost of the Principal travelling to the country of the student for start-up.  Further visits to be at the student’s expense of the full cost of the air fare and lodging expenses for the duration of the stay

 

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