How to register and pay for a course

Registering for a course

You should register for the course and accommodation at the same time.

         - Fill in the registration form

         - Fill in the accommodation form, or tick the box for ‘No accommodation’

         - Complete your credit card details for payment of the £100 course deposit.

         or

         - Pay by bank transfer and send a copy of the bank receipt for the transfer.

         - Send the completed documents by e-mail, fax or post.*

         - Pay the full course fee and accommodation fee by 4 weeks before the start of the course.

         - Send the bank receipt of the fee payment to us.

*When your registration form and deposit are received, we will send you an e-mail confirmation of your place on the course, and confirm the accommodation when it has been arranged. We will also confirm that we have received your deposit and the full fees when they arrive in our bank account.

Late registration

If you register less than 4 weeks before the start of a course, you must pay the fees in full immediately.

Payment

As stated above, you should send your credit card details or pay by bank transfer.

If for any reason, you have to cancel the course, the following conditions apply:

         - Cancellation in writing more than 4 weeks before start of course: refund of any money paid, minus £50 administration fee.

         - Cancellation in writing less than 4 weeks before start of course: deposit not returned

         - Cancellation in writing after start of course: no deposit or fees returned.

Insurance

It is the responsibility of individual students to arrange insurance cover. We advise you to do this at the same time as registering. Your insurance should cover any possible loss, damage, injury or illness, including:

         - personal belongings

         - medical and travel costs

         - fees (eg  if course missed, due to illness or other emergency).

 Other terms

Necessary alterations

We will make every effort to ensure that courses, accommodation and activities are delivered as planned. However, it may be necessary to make alterations for reasons outside our control. In such a case, other equivalent options will be offered. If, for example, a lesson has to be cancelled, it will be re-arranged at an alternative time.

The school reserves the right to transfer to a more appropriate course anyone who has registered for a course which is not suitable for them eg at the wrong level.

All courses will run only if there are sufficient numbers of students to make the course viable.

This will be decided by the management of the Caledonian Language School. If you have paid for a course which does not run, you will receive a full refund of any tuition fees paid for that course.

Visa requirements

You should check at www.visas.gov.uk, if you think you may need a visa to come to study in the UK. There is advice on how to apply for a visa on the British Council website www.educationuk.org

Minimum age

You must be at least 18 to register for a course at Caledonian Language School. It may be possible to take a course, if you are aged 16 or 17 and have a guardian living in Edinburgh, but you must tell us that you are under 18.

Level of course

Caledonian Language School offers courses at a variety of levels, but we do not generally offer beginners’ courses. The minimum level required is Pre-Intermediate.