BURSARY SCHEME. Our findings have shown that being in receipt of a bursary is a positive predictor of student retention: students not in receipt of a bursary are more likely to fail or withdraw from their course than those that received a bursary. The scale of this difference has varied in recent years as the bursary arrangements have altered, but the difference has been present in each case. Our findings have also shown that this effect persists even when age, gender, disability, ethnicity, postcode (POLAR 3), stage number, course campus, and the type of bursary scheme according to which awards were granted are taken into consideration. Although the criteria for bursary schemes have changed over the years, household income has remained one of the criteria for an award. Therefore, the University will continue to provide a bursary scheme for students from low income households. We will provide a bursary of £1,000 per year for the first two years of study and £500 for the final year, to full-time undergraduate 2016 entrants with a household income of up to £25,000 that meet all eligibility criteria. Students undertaking a year abroad or placement year, as part of a four-year course, will not be eligible for this bursary due to students not incurring a fee for this year and due to our International Experience Bursary scheme. Students on courses funded by the NHS will not be eligible to receive a bursary due to other support available for NHS-funded courses.
BURSARY SCHEME. All students must also abide by the rules as set out by the Education Funding Agency.
BURSARY SCHEME. 3.1 Calderdale College will not be operating a bursary scheme as this Agreement is being submitted to cover actual costs incurred by the College as a consequence of the requirement to register students with awarding and validation bodies. The total fee is calculated for 2011/12 using an assumed tuition fee of £1,345 p.a. plus a cost of £605 p.a. to cover registration costs and administration to process payments to the awarding institutions. Therefore, this Agreement provides the College with the ability to claim the full costs incurred from the student, and will not disadvantage the student by ensuring that there are no “up front” costs in the form of registration fees. These costs can then be incorporated into individual student loan agreements.
BURSARY SCHEME. The bursary arrangements for students studying the ‘Extended’ (Foundation Year only) pathways at York College is covered within section 2 above. For all other HE programmes York College will not be operating a bursary scheme as this Agreement has been submitted to cover actual costs met by the College, and which can be incorporated within the student loan arrangements. The total fee is calculated for 2009/10 using an assumed tuition fee of £1,285.00 p.a., plus a cost of £300.00 p.a., to cover registration costs and administration to process payments to the awarding institution. Therefore, this Agreement provides the College with the ability to claim the full costs incurred from the student, and will not disadvantage the student by ensuring that there is no ‘up front’ costs, and these costs can be incorporated into individual loan agreements.
BURSARY SCHEME. The North Bedfordshire Training Partnership has always been fully committed to widening participation and continues to be engaged in a number of activities in this area. It was partly in order to ensure that as wide a range as possible of suitably qualified trainees continued to have access to our PGCE courses, that the Partnership made the decision to reduce its fees. Because we have set our fees £500 below the £3000 maximum fee we no longer offer our trainees the ‘standard’ bursary of £300. However, we still aim to ensure that the impact of top up fees is minimized and that all students in need of financial support have access to that support. Thus, an additional, discretionary, means tested bursary of up to £500 for any student in need of financial assistance (using the thresholds we used with the ‘Access to Learning’ Fund and using the full SLC service) will continue to be available. This Bursary scheme is additional to the package of financial support available to trainee teachers from the TDA.
BURSARY SCHEME. 3.1. Wakefield College will not be operating a bursary scheme as this Agreement has been submitted to cover actual costs incurred by the College as a consequence of the requirement to register students with awarding and validation bodies. The fee is calculated for 2008/09 using an assumed tuition fee of £1,255 plus a cost of £245.00 p.a. to cover the costs of registration and the administration of payments to the awarding institution. This Agreement provides the College with the opportunity to claim the full costs incurred. It will not disadvantage the student because it will ensure that there are no ‘up front’ costs in the form of registration fees. These costs can then be incorporated into individual loan agreements. .
BURSARY SCHEME. It is anticipated in years one and two of the BSc Hons in Social Work that the College will provide bursaries of £500 each. The bursaries will be available for all students in receipt of the full maintenance grant or the special support grant. The bursary will be paid in two £250 instalments, the first after successful completion of semester one and the remaining £250 on successful completion of semester two. The College, as part of its Widening Access & Participation Strategy, will provide a bursary scheme for ALL full time students who complete a bursary application and have enrolled in the Foundation Degree and HND courses Agreement. Students will attract the following bursaries: within this Access 2011/12 to 2012/13 HNDs validated through Edexcel £140 Foundation Degrees validated through University of Ulster £160 Foundation Degrees validated through Queens University £438 HNDs validated through Edexcel £140 Foundation Degrees validated through University of Ulster £160 Foundation Degrees validated through Queens University £500 Bursaries may rise for year 2014/15 in line with inflation The bursary will be paid in two instalments, the first after successful completion of semester one and the remaining on successful completion of semester two. Bursary payments are available for the duration of a student’s course.
BURSARY SCHEME. Lakes College is fully committed to widening participation and is engaged in numerous activities in this area. In order to further encourage HE participation, the College will offer a generous bursary scheme. We aim to ensure that the impact of top up fees is minimised and that all students in need of financial support benefit from the scheme. It is intended that any student in need of financial assistance will have access to bursaries. It is the intention of Lakes College to continue to ensure that students undertaking undergraduate programmes may be eligible for financial assistance in the form of a means tested bursary payment. Such bursaries will be assessed to reflect student need and be payable to those students from homes where the principal earner’s gross salary is less than £50,000 per year. This approach will allocate support for those students most in need of assistance and will reduce the need for complex means testing. It is an approach that will be easily understood, simple to promote, and deliver equality of opportunity. Household income Bursary £25,000 or less £1290 £25,001 -£35,000 £1070 £35,001 - £ 50.020 £430 £50,021 or more £215 This bursary scheme is additional to any financial support that may be currently available to the College’s HE students.
BURSARY SCHEME. Lakes College is fully committed to widening participation and is engaged in numerous activities in this area. In order to further encourage HE participation, the College will offer a generous bursary scheme. We aim to ensure that the impact of top up fees is minimised and that all students in need of financial support benefit from the scheme. It is intended that any student in need of financial assistance will have access to bursaries. It is the intention of Lakes College to ensure that students undertaking undergraduate programmes may be eligible for financial assistance in the form of a minimum of £1000 per annum bursary payment. Such bursaries will be assessed to reflect student need and be payable to those students from homes where the principal earner’s gross salary is less than £60,000 per year. This approach will allocate support for those students most in need of assistance and will reduce the need for complex means testing. It is an approach that will be easily understood, simple to promote, and deliver equality of opportunity. This bursary scheme is additional to any financial support may be currently available to the College’s HE students.
BURSARY SCHEME. North Bedfordshire Training Partnership is fully committed to widening participation and is engaged in numerous activities in this area. In order to ensure that a wider range of suitably qualified trainees will to have access to our PGCE courses, the Partnership will offer a new bursary scheme to complement the provision already identified by the TDA. We aim to ensure that the impact of top up fees is minimized and that all students in need of financial support benefit from this scheme. There will be: -
o a ‘standard’ bursary of £300 – to be paid to all trainees at the rate of £100 at the end of each term. o an additional, discretionary, means tested bursary of up to £500 for any student in need of financial assistance (using the thresholds we used with the ‘Access to Learning’ Fund and using the full SLC service). This Bursary scheme is additional to the package of financial support available to trainee teachers from the TDA.
