Personal Learning Accounts (PLAs)
Personal Learning Accounts offer individuals access to fully funded part-time, online or face to face courses to upskill, gain a qualification and rewrite their career.
PLAs are delivered by learning providers and colleges across Wales.
Applicants must over 19, living in Wales, in employment earning under £29,534 a year, or if your job is at risk. A Personal Learning Account is a great way to access part-time study on specific technical courses.
Working Wales can help offer expert PLA advice and guide you onto the next step of your success story.
What is a Personal Learning Account?
Personal Learning Accounts provide flexible and fully-funded learning, both online and face to face.
A Personal Learning Account helps to fill skills gaps and increases career progression. Accessing a PLA will allow you to study for free, on a part-time basis, and around your existing commitments and responsibilities.
- Improve prospects - giving you the skills to retain or secure a job
- Help you to progress to the next stage of your career
- Help you gain the skills you need to support a career change
Eligibility will be checked when individuals apply.
You cannot get a PLA if you are under 19 years of age, in full-time education or unemployed.
You can obtain the skills and qualifications you need to progress or switch careers and embark on a new pathway.
*Note – Colleges offer a variety of different courses across Wales, depending on who you choose to study with.
The new skills and qualifications gained can be matched with those that local employers need, either to help you progress your current career or change it altogether.
The large range of courses on offer through a Personal Learning Account are funded by the Welsh Government.
Employers are able to access PLA funding for their workforce, they complete an expression of interest form to find out eligibility.
