Learning and Growing at Western
- Educational Assistance Plan for Staff
Western, as a knowledge community is committed to supporting staff to pursue education goals to enhance their career options and enrich their lives. The Educational Assistance Plan can help you achieve your goals, and help us to engage and keep our best employees.
Western provides financial assistance to help you seek or finish a degree, pursue professional development, or take individual courses that are relevant to your career aspirations. We will even provide advance funding for many courses.
You may pursue your studies at Western, or any accredited Canadian university or college. You may explore opportunities at Continuing Studies at Western, or consider computer training with Western ITS courses. There are many options and many ways to pursue your educational goals.
Western’s Educational Assistance Plan is generous and flexible. The amount of funding provided differs between employee groups. For a general summary, see “Educational Assistance Amounts”. For more details, refer to the Educational Assistance Policy in your respective employee group agreement.
Providing support for employee education is a smart investment. We would like to invest in you.
Also from this web page:
Educational Assistance
Educational Assistance Amounts (2012-13)
Overview (FAQ's)
Process
Application Form
Application Form - Librarians & Archivists
Employee Agreements
Other Helpful Links
Information Technology Services - Courses
