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…

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…

Fed up with the soaring temperatures? Don’t get hot and bothered about your finances

Most students will be enjoying some well deserved time off at the moment, many will be making the most of the lovely weather and relaxing with friends and family. However, the holidays can be a stressful time for students, particularly for those with money worries. You may be concerned about the state of your bank balance, uncertain about what funding you’re…

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…

Continuing students – Look out for letters from SLC this week regarding overpayments

Some of you will receive letters this week telling you been overpaid by student finance. The letters could appear at your term time address, home address, by email or direct into your correspondence folder within your online account. If you have been overpaid during the academic year which has just ended and you are due…

Scam Awareness Month runs through June

We want to bring this campaign to your attention. Throughout June, advice agencies are working together to promote staying safe online, keeping your financial information safe and not falling victim to tireless and ruthless scammers. We know that students can be targeted with phishing e-mails and text messages relating to student finance. This can be particularly prevalent…

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…

The Student Advice Service is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week

We know that money worries have a significant impact on our mental wellbeing and the pressures of managing your money on a tight student budget is very stressful. In 2016 we, along with our universities, asked our students to comment on how they felt their finances affected their mental health. The findings were collated by…

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….