Additional Costs

See below any additional costs, including course-specific costs and general costs that might occur during your studies.

Course-specific costs

BA (Hons) Counselling and the Psychotherapeutic Relationship

BA (Hons) Degree in Counselling and the Psychotherapeutic Relationship
The degree has a number of additional approximate costs spread out throughout the degree, there are no bursaries or loans available to support these costs:

DBS (enhanced) £47.20, lasting for two years, students can then choose to renew annually or bi-annually
Student membership of BACP £82 annually
Residential weekend approx. £310 (held in year 1 only)
Professional indemnity insurance £54-£85 annually
Placement supervision costs vary but are usually within the range of £60 - £100 per hour (in years 2-4). Fortnightly supervision as required by BACP. These costs are influenced by market forces and may increase over the period of the course.
Personal therapy £35-£55 per hour (min of 20 hours over the whole course)
Travel costs to and from placements
Each year students are asked to bring in contributions for a shared lunch, approx. £10 a year.

BA (Hons) Child and Family: Early Childhood BA(Hons) Child and Family: Mental Health BA (Hons) Social Work

BA (Hons) Social Work Degree Apprenticeship

If you require a diagnostic test to evidence a disability to gain reasonable adjustments this may need to be funded by the apprentice.

For employers:

Functional skills Maths and English resit testing will need to be funded by the employer if a reasonable number of resist attempts have been provided by the university.

If an apprentice requires a diagnostic test to evidence a disability to gain reasonable adjustments this may need to be funded by the employer.

The employer will need to fund any costs arising from arranging a contrasting placement experience.

MSc Psychotherapy and Counselling

MSc Psychotherapy and Counselling
The MSc has a number of additional approximate costs spread out throughout the degree, there are no bursaries or loans available to support these costs:

Residential weekend £310
Mandatory textbook: £50
Professional indemnity insurance £54-£85
Placement supervision costs:
Some placement settings may provide suitable supervision at no cost but this is not common and there is no guarantee of this. So, students should expect to pay for between two to four supervision sessions a month with a UKCP approved supervisor, depending on how many clients they are working with and in respect to the UKCP required ratio of 1-hour supervision to 6 clinical client hours.

For this students can expect to pay, on average, from £60 to up to £200 (when doing a high number of hours) per month. These costs are influenced by market forces and may increase over the period of the course.
Personal therapy, approximately per hour
DBS (enhanced) £47.20, lasting for two years, students can then choose to renew annually or bi-annually

(Note: Student Membership of UKCP is free of charge).

Career Development and Coaching Studies

Career Development and Coaching Studies

These courses require attendance at on-campus workshops (subject to any future restrictions required by the government in response to COVID). For the full-time version, you will attend two workshops per week on two different days; for the part-time versions, you will attend on two consecutive days for each blended learning module. This may mean that some part-time students may need to meet the costs of overnight accommodation on or near the campus.

In the event that attendance on a face to face basis is not possible due to COVID restrictions, the sessions would run online ‘live’ using Teams or other suitable platforms at the same time as the face to face session.

Career Education, Information Guidance in Higher Education

Career Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education
Career Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education (CEIGHE) courses are delivered by the University of Warwick in collaboration with AGCAS. Students are required to pay AGCAS for attendance at workshops linked to specific modules. For course codes PL550, PL576 and PL577 this will include at least two modules. For course code PL557, this will include one module only. The cost of each workshop varies dependent on a number of factors including the level of AGCAS membership and workshop length. More detailed information on the additional costs of each module within CEIGHE is provided here.

Higher Apprenticeship Career Development Professional

Higher Apprenticeship Career Development Practitioner

For employers:

Functional skills Maths and English resit testing will need to be funded by the employer if a reasonable number of resist attempts have been provided by the university.
If an apprentice requires a diagnostic test to evidence a disability to gain reasonable adjustments this may need to be funded by the employer.
Accommodation for three residential blocks may be needed for some applicants – costs vary.
Travel costs to and from residentials.

Centre for Lifelong Learning Costs

Car Parking and Travel
If you are attending a course at the university you will have to pay car parking fees, as well as the associated travelling costs to reach the university.

Graduation
A number of students within CLL will be invited to a graduation ceremony in the summer or winter. Attendance, robing and photography all incur costs. You may opt-out of attendance.

Dissertation binding
A number of courses conclude with a dissertation, the minimum fee for binding (through Warwick Print) is £6. There are also more expensive options available to students.

IT equipment
All CLL courses have elements of blended learning, therefore all students will require access to a computer/laptop and on some courses headphones, SD cards, digital recorders and a webcam.

DBS (Formally CRB)
Students on the BA Person-centred counselling and the psychotherapeutic relationship, MSc Psychotherapy and Counselling, BA(Hons) in Early Childhood, or the CLL Research placement module will be required to take a DBS check, the application cost for this is £38.00 online and lasts for 2 years.

Interviews
On some courses, you will be required to physically attend an interview at the University or at the partner college. The interviews are mandatory and no expenses are available for any travel, parking or loss of income incurred.

Printing
Course resources are generally provided electronically, therefore if students wish to have a hard copy there will be a charge if printing is carried out on a university printer.

Postgraduate applications
For most postgraduate courses there is a £60 application fee*. For 2024 entry onwards (applying from October 2023), the application fee for postgraduate taught courses will be £75.