NATIONAL STUDENT MONEY WEEK

NASMA is the National Association of Student Money Advisers with members in all four countries in the UK and collectively they are recognised as the leading authority on all matters relating to student advice and funding. Each year in February NASMA hosts ‘National Student Money Week’.

Link to NASMA

https://www.nasma.org.uk

STUDENT FINANCE

In relation to this initiative ‘Student Finance’ is available for use cross-college and for CPD.

The content covers the following:

• University Fees

• Maintenance costs at University – rent, food etc

• Grants & Bursaries

• Loans from the Student Loans Company

• Other loans

The module has ‘OFF-THE-SHELF’ content, and software marks a multiple choice test at the end of the module, thus NO PREPARATION, NO TEACHING AND NO MARKING is required. The module requires 20-25mins to complete. MEASURABLE OUTCOMES mean SMT and Ofsted reports can be generated automatically.

VIEW MODULE ON-LINE

Please follow this link to view module on-line:

http://direct-learning.co.uk/taster-2022-2023/term-2/

PERSONAL FINANCE

‘Student Finance’ is a module of the component AIM L1 Personal Finance, which is generously funded by ESFA. Other modules include:

  • Starting Work

  • Budgeting

  • Income & Expenditure

  • Banks

  • Borrowing

  • Savings

  • Card Fraud

  • Identity Theft

AIM PERSONAL & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SKILLS

In turn ‘Personal Finance’ is a component of AIM Personal & Social Development Skills which is generously funded by ESFA.

Components in AIM Personal & Social Development Skills include:

• Personal Finances

• Internet Safety for IT Users

• Healthy Living

• Drug Awareness

• Alcohol Awareness

• Diversity in Society

• Environmental Sustainability

If you would like to find out more about how to deliver AIM Diversity in Society and how it is being used in other centres please do not hesitate to contact Simon Hilton on 07711 228069 or at simon.hilton@capitaltutorials.co.uk.