Staff Fee Remission

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The University will meet half the cost of home tuition fees for any member of staff of the University who is accepted for and registers as a part-time student of the University for so long as he/she remains in the employment of the University of Kent and provided that the appointment is at least half-time and is for at least one year or that he/she has worked for the University for, on average, at least 300 hours in the current year and in two previous years or that he/she has undertaken part-time teaching for, on average, at least three hours per week in the current year and in two previous years.

Deadline

Applications MUST be submitted no later than 4 weeks after you have commenced your course.

 

Criteria

  1. Staff on GTA contracts will not be eligible for fee remission
  2. 0.5fte equates to 17.5 hours per week or 616 hours per year (based on a standard 35 hour week over 52.1428 weeks per year)
  3. Contracted status and/or FTE can be obtained by line managers/relevant administrators via Staff Connect.
  4. Schools/Departments can verify hours worked on HPL or Timesheet contracts for the required 3 year period with Pay Office, if this information is not held locally. Please note the Income office do not have access to this information.
  5. It is the responsibility of the staff member to ensure that the form is completed.

Further details

University of Kent staff studying at Kent

If you are a member of staff and wish to take a course then there are rules regarding eligibility for reductions on tuition fees. On this page you will find a summary of the rules if you wish to apply for the reductions. Please read the rules and application process before applying to ensure that you are eligible for the reductions.

How to apply

You need to apply for Staff Fee Remission via Kent Vision. Once you have logged into your account, you will need to go to 'My Fees and Finance' then select 'My Scholarships and Bursaries'. You will be able to select 'Apply for Funding' and will need to choose Staff Fee Remission. Complete the Fee Remission Funding Form which can be located in Kent Vision or via this link. The form will need to be signed by the relevant signatories before you upload this into Kent Vision.

Once approved you will be asked to accept the terms and conditions. This will complete the process and your staff fee remission will be allocated to your account.

If you have any questions you can contact the Scholarships Office by email at scholarships@kent.ac.uk for further information.