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1. Registration Fee and Deposits
Each student needs to pay a Registration Fee of £50. This is non-refundable, and must accompany the application form. There are two Enrolment Deposits; the Tuition Deposit of £200 secures your place on the course and the Accommodation Deposit of £200 secures your place in college provided accommodation. Tuition and Accommodation Deposits are required for each term or course. Deposits are credited towards the full fees. The deposit(s) and registration fee must be sent with the application form. If we are not able to offer you a place, or to arrange accommodation as requested, the deposit is refunded.

If you do not take up your accommodation or place on a course the deposit is not refunded, unless there are exceptional circumstances, and at St. Clare's discretion.

Fees include:
Tuition, regular social/activities programme, careers/higher education advice, loan of textbooks and use of all College facilities.

2. Additional charges:

• Examination fees
  The following examinations may normally be taken each term, apart from the Cambridge Proficiency in English (CPE), and the Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE). Exam entry fees are due about three months before the exam date, and these are the fees for 2001 (estimated as a guide).
  
  

  	Cambridge Examinations	Exam Fees
  	Key English Test (KET) Preliminary English Test (PET) First Certificate in English (FCE) Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC)	£60 £65 £90 £90 £95 £60
  	Other Examinations
  	TOEFL (pre-requisite for further study in the USA) SAT I SAT II (3 sets) IELTS (pre-requisite for further study in the UK)	US$110 £29 £40 £80

  
  
• Optional weekend /mid-term trips, theatre visits and excursions
  Day excursions at weekends are approximately £20. Theatre excursions depend on ticket prices and transport required £10-£30. Weekend trips with overnight stays £100-£200 for two-night stay
• Additional sports and other activities (allow £7-£10 per week)
• Stationery and book purchases (loan included in fees)
• Meals
  

  College meals, if you are paying cash
  Breakfast	£2.65
  Lunch	£5.30
  Dinner	£5.30
  Snacks are priced individually

  
  
• General spending money, excluding food and meals
  Allow about £60 per week, but remember that bike hire, key deposit, police registration for non-Europeans and book purchase, all need to be paid for in the first week.
  

3. Fee Policy
The Governing Body reserves the right to alter the fees if increases in costs make this necessary, though its policy is to maintain fees at the level charged for comparable courses. Top

4. Payment of Fees
When your application form and deposit(s) are received, you will be invoiced for the balance of the fees due. This amount should be paid at least 3 weeks before your course begins. Payment of this balance guarantees your accommodation and course place.

If you are applying less than 5 weeks before your course begins you should pay the full costs of your course and accommodation, plus the registration fee, at the time you make your application. However, if you are booking late (i.e. within 5 weeks of the starting date of your course), we advise you to check with the Admissions Office that a space is available for you before you send us full fees.

Please ensure that the College receives the full amounts of deposits and fees after all bank charges have been paid. If you are making a bank transfer, instruct your bank that you will pay all charges. You will be asked to pay any outstanding bank charges on arrival. Top

5. How to pay
Payments may be made by:
a. Bank transfer payable to St. Clare's, Oxford
Account No. 90 96 53 83
Sort Code 20-65-18
Barclays Bank plc
Oxford Corporate Banking Centre
PO Box 858
Oxford OX2 0XP England

b. Cheque
In Sterling £ drawn on a British clearing bank payable to St. Clare's, Oxford

c. Sterling £ Travellers' Cheques or Cash
Please quote your name, as written on the Application Form, in all correspondence, and on all bank transfers.

d. by Credit Card
We accept the following credit cards - Mastercard, Visa and JCB. Please note that a surcharge of 2% will be made for credit card payments above £1000 (one thousand pounds).

e. by Debit Card
We accept the following debit cards - Switch, Delta, Solo and Electron.

Note: students should note that by far the quickest and most efficient method of paying the registration fee, enrolment deposit, accommodation deposit, travel insurance fee, course and accommodation fees is by debit/credit card. Top

6. Refunds, Withdrawals and Cancellations
Registration is by the term, for shorter periods within a term, or by course. Deposits are required for each course, term or period for which you wish to register. Deposits are non-refundable, except under exceptional circumstances.

If you have paid for your course in advance but are unable to attend, we will make the following refunds:

• For cancellation more than 3 weeks before the starting date, full fees will be refunded, less the deposit and any bank charges
• For cancellation in the 3 weeks before the starting date, or non-arrival, fees will be refunded, less two weeks' tuition and accommodation fees.

If you decide to leave early, before the end of the course or the end of term, fees are not refunded, except under exceptional circumstances and at St. Clare's discretion. Fees are not refunded if you are asked to leave the College because of unsatisfactory behaviour or work

Registration is on a termly basis or by course. The Cancellation conditions given above apply to each term, part of term or course for which you are registered. In other words, if you register for two or more terms or courses and cancel, the deposit, or two weeks' fees are deducted from fees for each course or term before a refund is made. Top

7. Accommodation Changes
Please note that if you wish to move out of College or homestay accommodation you must give us written notice as follows:

• four weeks for College accommodation
• one week for homestay

The same notice period is required for changes of accommodation. A charge is made for changes or cancellations made without giving the notice period.

8. Travel Insurance
The Travel Insurance fee is mandatory and covers travel directly to and from St. Clare's, travel whilst at St Clare's and half term breaks. Travel to and from St Clare's is limited to 48 hours in each direction. Travel whilst at St. Clare's includes trips organised by St. Clare's, and those involving outdoor activity pursuits. Travel at half term breaks is limited to Europe and a maximum period of 10 days. There is no cover for the Christmas and Easter breaks other than the journeys to and from St. Clare's. Cover is provided for medical expenses, rescue, evacuation and repatriation, cancellation or curtailment, personal accident, personal property and money, delay abandonment and missed departure and personal liability claims. For full details of the extent of the cover and the exclusions see the Certificate of Insurance, the Summary of Cover and the Frequently Asked Questions document, which are available from Admissions.
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