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

Students who submitted a complete application with all supporting documents and evidence on or before Monday 27th November should hear the outcome of their application by the end of this week, ie Friday 15th December. Applications are processed on the Moulsecoomb campus and the best way to check when your application was received is by checking your…

Apply NOW for the Student Support Fund in order to be considered before Christmas

The Student Support Fund is one of the university hardship funds. Applications are open all year round, from September – June, and the fund is open to all Home undergrad, PGCE and postgrad students. EU undergrad students receiving the standard student finance package (eg migrant workers and long UK residents) can also apply. If you are…

Funding opportunity for final year Arts, Media, Product Design students

Are you a final year student on an Arts, Media, Product Design course (NB this list is not prescriptive) Have you spent any time in the care of a local authority (or similar)? If so, you could be eligible to apply for a non-repayable award of £350 from The Pyrus Trust to help support you during…

Funding message for new Midwifery students

Have you recently enrolled on a new Midwifery programme? Have you been assessed for funding by Student Finance England? It is really important to check your entitlement notification letter, which should appear in your online Student Finance England account under the heading ‘letters and emails’. This will show you…

Part time undergraduate students can apply now for 2017/18 student finance

Part time undergraduate students starting a course in 2017, or continuing with their course, can now apply for funding for academic year 2017/18 Student Finance England has produced a helpful video which should explain the process: watch this The quickest and safest way to apply for funding is online…

University hardship funds are now closed until September 2017

The main funds are now closed for this academic year and summer period. Our new hardship fund cycle will open after 1st September 2017. If you have applied for the Summer Hardship Fund, you need to submit any additional information by midnight tonight, 10th July 2017. All…

Are you a Northern Ireland student interested in postgraduate funding?

If you are looking at funding opportunities for a postgraduate course here at Brighton and you’re from Northern Ireland, you may be interested in the new postgraduate loan scheme for Northern Irish students. Student Finance Northern Ireland has created a couple of really useful resources…

Have you applied to the Summer Fund?

If you have applied to the Summer Hardship Fund and the Assessors have asked for additional information, we need to receive this by Monday 10th July. This is because all applications need to be considered, assessed, checked, authorised and paid by the end of July, which is the close of the…

Do you need some financial support over the summer?

Have you got a compulsory unpaid placement this summer? Are you having an operation or you have caring responsibilities? Are you a care leaver or a student with no family contact? Are you unable to work over the long summer vacation and you have rent to pay?…

Last week of term = last chance to apply for hardship funds (sort of)

Did you know that the university has a suite of hardship funds open to students? There are different funds for students in different situations and it can be a bit of a minefield finding out what is available. Often we only want to know about things when we need them and finding the right information can be confusing….

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