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Fees and Funding

A range of funding options are available for eligible learners and businesses supporting you to access high-quality courses.

Apprenticeships Leadership and Management CILEX – overview
Fees overview
  • CILEX modules from £400
  • Full CILEX programmes from £900. Click here for CILEX cost breakdown, bursaries and scholarships. Please note: fees vary depending on level of qualification.
  • Law apprenticeship from £5,000
  • Business apprenticeships – various costs
  • Short courses from £450
  • Bespoke employer training – varied costs

 

Employer funding

Employers may wish to invest in their staff by subsidising their course fees or by paying their course fees in full.

 

Self-Funding
  • You can choose to pay for your course fees yourself. You can pay in full or spread the cost over the duration of your programme by direct debit.
  • If you wish to spread the cost of your course this way, we would require a 10% deposit upon enrolment.
  • Your monthly direct debit contributions will then be assessed by our finance team.
CILEX Lawyer Scholarship
  • Provides up to £13,200 to fully cover the cost of training to become a CILEX Lawyer.
  • Assessed on the basis of an applicant’s financial and life circumstances, with support targeted at those most under-represented in the legal profession and/or from socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
  • Applications are made directly to CILEX Foundation.
Millicent Grant Scholarship
  • Provides up to £12,500 to cover the training costs to become a CILEX Lawyer.
  • Assessed on the basis of an applicant’s financial and life circumstances, with support targeted at those most under-represented in the legal profession and/or from socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
  • Available to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) applicants.
    Applications are made directly to CILEX Foundation.
CILEX Foundation Bursary Programme
  • Awards are means tested and may represent the full or partial cost of your chosen course.
  • Can get up to 60% bursary funding towards your course.
  • Applications are made directly to CILEX Foundation.
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Apprenticeships

Read more about the apprenticeship levy by clicking here.

Changes from April 2026 saw more incentives added, benefitting both levy paying and non-levy paying employers including:

  • £1,000 for employers who hire apprentices aged 16-18.
  • £3,000 for employers who hire 18-24 year olds who have been on Universal Credit for over 6 months.
  • £2,000 for non-levy paying employers who hire apprentices aged 16-24.
  • £2,000 for employers who hire foundation apprentices aged 16-21.
  • No National Insurance Contributions on employees under 21, or apprentices under 25.
  • Jobs Guarantee – full subsidised work for long-term unemployed 18-24 year olds.

Support is stackable for Business team can talk you through how apprenticeships can form a key part of business growth and funding you could be utilising – business@the-etc.ac.uk