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Government grant for new parents

Are you pregnant or you’ve just had a baby/babies in the last few months? Are you unclear about the different funding opportunities open to you? If you are pregnant with your first child during your studies and need help with buying things for the baby, you might be able to get the government’s Sure Start Maternity Grant, and receive…

Grant available for arts and media students who are care experienced

Are you a final year student on an Arts, Media or Product Design (please note this list is not prescriptive) course and you need some additional money? Have you spent any time in the care of a local authority or you are care experienced? If yes, you could be eligible to apply for a non-repayable award of £350…

Are you waiting to hear the outcome of a Student Support Fund application?

If you recently applied for the Student Support Fund and you’re waiting to hear the outcome, the processing time is currently 4 weeks. This is due to the increase in applications being submitted at this time. We have one more payment date before the end of term (Thursday 13th December) and after this date, there will…

Students travelling to placement – you may be eligible for help with the cost of travel

This is important information for teaching and health science students travelling to placement who are eligible to receive extra financial support to help pay for travel. Are you a Health Science student, who started your course on or after 1st August 2017? Midwifery, Nursing Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry. Are you receiving funding through Student Finance…

Are you worried about making ends meet this side of Christmas?

The university has additional funding available for students who find themselves in financial difficulty. The main fund is called the Student Support Fund and we typically receive in the region of 1000 applications throughout the academic year. Applications are open all year round, from September – June, and all Home and EU students receiving the full standard student…

Paying your fees in full by 1st November? You could be entitled to claim a rebate

Did you know that the university offers a rebate scheme for students who pay their tuition fees in full by 1st November? What is it? An incentive called the Early Settlement Discount which is part of the university’s Tuition Fee Discount Schemes. Effectively it is a 2.5% reduction of your annual tuition fees which is applied retrospectively once you have cleared your fees for the year. Who is eligible?…

Grants available for Arts and Media students who are care experienced

Important student finance information for continuing students

This is important information for undergraduate students eligible to receive student finance. Some things have changed since the start of last academic year 2017/18 which may affect you. When will you receive your funding? As long as you have received your 2018/19 notification of entitlement, re-enrolled online and you are progressing to the next academic year, you…

Funding information for new PGCE students

Welcome to all our new PGCE students! Your teaching journey starts here and we want you to sail through the year ahead so here are some key money tips for you…. If you have applied for the standard student finance package, check the payments dates on your notification of entitlement letter. The university tells Student Finance…

How does Clearing affect my student finance?

If you’ve been offered a place at uni through Clearing and you want to know about your student funding, we’re here to help. This is what you need to do to get your finance sorted: 1. APPLY FOR YOUR STUDENT FUNDING If you haven’t already applied for student funding, do it now. If you are…