In some cases, students undertake fieldwork for their professional placement which incurs additional costs.

These costs are sometimes covered by the organisation hosting the placement, and in addition, up to £500 is available from departmental funds for travel and appropriate expenses. However, in some cases, there is a shortfall that needs to be covered by the student from their personal funds. Any such potential shortfall is made clear at the stage of selecting a placement. There are always many placements available that involve no additional cost to students, meaning that the availability of additional funds is not in any way a limiting factor on the ability of a student to complete the course. Where additional funds need to be raised for a placement, students are sometimes able to find support from their college or departmental fieldwork funds, although these cannot be guaranteed. The maximum shortfall that a student might need to find to cover a placement that involves additional costs is in the region of £1,500 although this would be a very rare case.