Financial Support for Students. 4.4.1 We acknowledge that unexpected expenditure can be a major impediment to study; and that courses in the creative arts can impose particular demands because of the cost of materials.
Financial Support for Students. 6.1 The University is committed to the principle that no publicly-funded UK student should be deterred from applying to an undergraduate course at the University of Cambridge because of financial considerations, and that no such student should have to leave because of financial difficulties.
Financial Support for Students. 100. The University concluded, following consultation with its Students’ Union, that the loan arrangements available through Student Finance England make fee waivers a less attractive offer to prospective students, whereas packages that provide financial support in cash or in kind are preferred.
Financial Support for Students. 5.1 The University has committed to reduce spending on financial support by removing Promise, Xxxxxxx and Access Scholarships from 2017 entry. The savings from this will be ring-fenced to scope, identify and address issues relating to student progression and success, subject to the outcome of any changes in external circumstances. Ideally, this will result in more staff resource in Student Wellbeing, and more investment in study skills support. In future years, this will also be used to cover the anticipated reduction in Student Opportunity funding.
Financial Support for Students. Bursary LCC and LCoM will continue to offer bursaries as outlined in the tables below. At Leeds City College: Household income Total Bursary Semester 1 Semester 2 Less than £25,000 £500 £250 £250 £25,000 to £42, 875 £250 £125 £125 At Leeds College of Music: Household income Total Bursary Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Less than £25,000 £1,000 £250 £500 £250 £25,000 to £42, 875 £500 £125 £250 £125 These will be for Home students and all applicants will be equally eligible. Assessment will be based on need in line with income assessments used for applications to the Student Loan Company. We will also consider other schemes based on assessment of need. At LCC the payment of the bursary is also subject to satisfactory completion of work and performance on the course. AT LCC the Bursary support has been reduced in order to be able to give more targeted support for students in financial emergencies and to provide increased support on programme. The more targeted approach to financial support at LCC by lowering the bursary and increasing the hardship fund will help to support students who really need the financial support. The management of the hardship fund over the past year has demonstrated that students require financial assistance immediately and cannot wait for scheduled bursary payments. This more targeted allocation of resources will enable us to support students when they need the support and thereby enabling them to continue with their studies.
Financial Support for Students. The University has concluded, following consultation with its Students Union, that the loan arrangements available through Student Finance England make fee waivers a less attractive offer to prospective students, whereas packages that provide financial support in cash or in kind will be preferred. Durham is a collegiate university and participating in a college community is an integral part of the student experience. For this reason, living in college in the first year is a regulatory requirement for most students. Therefore, financial support will be targeted at facilitating this participation, by offering the support in the form of free or subsidised college accommodation, where appropriate. Bursaries for Students Progressing from the Supported Progression Compact Scheme The University will introduce a financial bursary scheme for students who progress from the Supported Progression Scheme who will be offered £5,500 per annum for the duration of their course. It is estimated that 90 new entrants per year will be offered the bursaries. In 2012/13 with the first year of entry from the Supported Progression Compact Scheme, this will cost up to £495k, rising to £1.5 million by 2015/16 when there will be students in all four undergraduate years who have progressed from the Scheme. In their first year, students will be offered at least part of the bursary in the form of a subsidy for college accommodation. Bursaries and Accommodation Subsidies for those with Household Income below £25,000 Through a combination of the National Scholarships Programme (NSP) and the Xxxxxx Xxxxx Scheme, the University will provide financial support packages of £3,000, either as discounted college accommodation or as a cash bursary, for every year of their course to all home undergraduate students resident in the UK where the residual household income is below £25k per annum (as assessed by Student Finance England in accordance with its guidance on Assessing Financial Entitlement). Approximately 1,800 students in total will be in this category so that by 2015/16 the total sum committed to these will be £5.4 million, of which, it is assumed, approximately £1.3 million will be received from the government under the NSP scheme. The Government’s restrictions on the use of NSP funding mean that the University will use the NSP funding and the matched NSP funding provided by the University for college accommodation subsidies only. Any cash bursaries will be offered through the Xxxxxx Xxxx...
Financial Support for Students. In response to the regulatory authority’s advice on the subject, the university will conduct an investigation into the effectiveness of its scholarships and bursaries, and will prepare to adjust its policy on scholarships in future years as a result. The university is mindful of the challenges students face after the loss of the maintenance grant – accessed by an average of 25% of St Mary’s students when it was in effect – as well as possible changes to the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) and so will maintain our general Hardship Fund support at £200k for 2018/19 in order to best help students who most need specific financial support whilst studying with us. As well as this, by 2018/19 we will have greatly increased the capacity for which we can help Care Leavers and Estranged students with this fund, enhancing our care and outreach to students studying with us, so that we may help them in any way we can. In relation to financial support, we have listened to student opinion and are therefore offering fewer fee waivers and more payments directly to them as part of their scholarships and bursaries. The emphasis of our financial support remains to provide the greatest benefit to the highest number of students whilst continuing to provide targeted support to other students such as Care Leavers, those identified through our outreach programme, and students from Catholic schools in line with our Catholic ethos, mission and values. The financial support that is counted in our agreement is specifically targeted at under-represented and disadvantaged groups in Catholic Schools. S t Mary’s Scholarships Up to 50 Scholarships of £6,000 awarded as cash or fee waivers over 3 years to students who meet the following criteria: Successful applicants will be awarded the following: Year 1: £3,000 as a cash award and/or tuition fee/accommodation fee waiver Year 2: £2,000 as a cash award/tuition fee waiver Year 3: £1,000 as a cash award/tuition fee waiver Successful applicants studying on a part-time course will receive a cash award on a pro-rata basis calculated according to their FTE. For example students undertaking 60 credits of an undergraduate degree with a tuition fee liability of £4,500 would be eligible for an award of £1,500 at Xxxxx 0, £1,000 at Level 2 and £500 at Level 3. To be eligible to apply for a St Mary’s Scholarship students must: have an assessed annual household income below £25,000, and have been offered a place on a full-time or part-time (m...
Financial Support for Students. 7.1. Currently LTUC offers means tested bursaries to students enrolled on undergraduate programmes who are in receipt of a Higher Education Maintenance Grant.
Financial Support for Students. Bursary LCC and LCoM will continue to offer bursaries as outlined in the table below. Household income Total Bursary Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Less than £25,000 £1,000 £250 £250 £500 £25,000 to £42,620 £500 £125 £125 £250 • These will be for Home or EU* students and all applicants will be equally eligible. Assessment will be based on need in line with income assessments used for applications to the Student Loan Company. We will also consider other schemes based on assessment of need. *EU students eligible at LCC only
Financial Support for Students. At the University of Greenwich’s Campuses. The following financial assistance measures will be available to all qualifying students on honours degree programmes except the Medway School of Pharmacy MPharm degree, along with certain initial teacher training and NHS funded programmes (where alternative government funded schemes for student financial support apply). • Mature full-time student bursaries: £525 pa (for maximum of 3 years, years 2 and 3 dependent on satisfactory progress) cash bursaries for UK students over the age of 25 on initial registration, who qualify for maximum means-tested government grants.∗ • Full-time student Scholarships: £525 pa (maximum of 3 years, years 2 and 3 dependent on satisfactory progress) cash scholarships for UK students with UCAS tariff scores from A-level or equivalent qualifications (excluding A/S level) and obtained in a maximum of two consecutive years in excess of 300. For MPharm students in the Medway School of Pharmacy, the following bursary scheme will apply: • Medway School of Pharmacy bursary: £310 per annum for all students from 2008 who qualify for a student means-tested government maintenance grant excepting in the final year only those students who qualify for the final year bursary below.
