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News from the Student Advice Service at the University of Brighton

Student Finance for a repeat year of study

Have you applied for funding for next academic year? Are you repeating the academic year (or part of it)? You need to make sure Student Finance know which academic year you’re going to be returning to, so if you have already applied for next year (18/19) you should check this as soon as possible as this can cause problems…

Grants available for MPharm students

Have you heard of Pharmacist Support? They are an independent charity supporting those working within or connected to the Pharmacy profession. Part of this commitment is to assist Pharmacy students undertaking the 4 or 5 year MPharm programme who are experiencing financial difficulty. This is what they say about their Student Hardship Grant: ‘For students who find…

Student Support Fund. Have you applied this year?

Have you recently made an application to the Student Support Fund? The deadline for continuing students to make an application is this Friday 8th June. The Student Advice team needs to have all of your supporting evidence by this date in order to carry out an assessment for you. Unfortunately we cannot assess any incomplete applications and we…

Student Support Fund (continuing student deadline)

Did you know that the university operates an additional funds scheme which is open to all students? These funds are managed by the Student Advice Service. They are not Bursaries or Scholarships – which are managed by different departments. There are different funds for different situations and it can be a bit of a minefield finding out exactly what is available….

Final year undergraduate and PGCE applications to the Student Support Fund

Have you recently submitted an application to the Student Support Fund as a final year student? The final year/PGCE student deadline was Friday 4th May, but as long as you submitted a COMPLETE application to any of the Student Services campus offices on or before this date, your application will be considered. If you…

Important message for 2nd and 3rd year Health Science students

Are you a continuing student nurse, midwife or other health practitioner? Have you receive a letter which looks like this? We understand that there is a national issue affecting 600 students at approximately 20 universities who have been incorrectly assessed by SFE this academic year (September 2017). This issue affects only Health Science students who are eligible to receive…

Final year and PGCE students are you worried about your finances?

Have you got a question about anything money related? You want to check your funding entitlement now You want to know what happens about loan repayments You want to ask about your student account You’ve got a plan and you want to run it by someone You’re struggling financially and you want to know more…

Apply NOW for your funding for next year

Applications for funding for next academic year are now OPEN. The quickest and easiest way to apply is online at www.gov.uk/studentfinance SFE have made some significant improvements for next academic year, so things should run more smoothly than ever before: You no longer need to…

Important message about the Student Support Fund

Have you made a recent application to the Student Support Fund? Due to a significant increase in applications received over the last couple of weeks, the current processing time is 4 weeks. The 4 week starts from when we receive an application at the main Student Advice office, Tithe Barn, Moulsecoomb campus. You can submit an application through a…

RIBA Student Support Fund – for RIBA (Architecture) part 1 and 2 students

Did you know that the charity RIBA, the Royal Institute of British Architects, offers grants to Architecture students? These grants are non repayable and are paid in addition to your standard student finance. Applications must be emailed to RIBA…

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