Career Development Loan

St Giles CELTA and Cert.TESOL courses are registered periods of study eligible for CDLs. A Career Development Loan is a bank loan which provides an individual with initial help to pay for vocational training. Applicants may usually borrow up to 80% of the course fees from one of the participating banks. The government will pay interest while you are studying and then up to three months after the course has finished. It is your responsibility to repay the loan at this point over a period agreed between you and the bank when the loan is arranged.

What now?

• Ask us for a leaflet giving further information about CDLs
• Visit the CDL website for further details.

Note: CDL applications can be very slow. It is vital that you make an application well in advance of the course you wish to take in order for funding to be in place in sufficient time.

Socrates / Comenius Funding

EU funding is available for St Giles TEC courses and ICELT courses. Grants are allocated by Comenius and Grundtvig and cover tuition, accommodation and travel costs up to a maximum of 3000 euros. You can apply for a grant if you are currently living within Europe, come from a country eligible for funding and are a professional in one of the following fields:

• Teaching English as a Foreign Language
• Training teachers within the field of English Language Teaching (ELT)
• Re-training as a teacher of English or re-entering the profession after a period away from teaching
• Teaching within the Primary sector but responsible for delivering the English Language section of the curriculum
• Teaching other subjects within an International environment, through the medium of English
• Working as an inspector or educational consultant within the field of ELT

Which nationalities are eligible for funding?

What now?

• See the CDL website for further details.
• Make a provisional enrolment at the St Giles College of your choice, then apply for your Comenius and Grundtvig grants online.