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.
4.4.2 Historically, in common with most providers of undergraduate courses within the creative disciplines, the University charged a “course materials fee” to contribute towards the cost of materials provided by the University free of charge. This fee was suspended from 2006/07, and we shall continue to meet this cost from the income derived from tuition fees. (It remains the case that some courses require students to provide key equipment, which will usually be offered at a subsidised rate.) This expenditure is not, however, deemed “countable” and hence has not been included.
4.4.3 Students who are under local authority care when they enrol at the University are automatically eligible to receive a bursary of £2,000 for each academic year of their undergraduate course. We offer this bursary to students up to the age of 25 on entry to higher education who have been in care for 3 or more months up to and including the period of GCSE/A level or equivalent study (evidence will normally be required). This bursary is in the form of a grant, is not means tested and will not affect student entitlement to any other financial support. This award is in addition to the other bursaries and benefits to which a student may be entitled. The bursary will be paid in February of each year. The University reserves the right to claim back a proportion of this grant if the student fails to complete the year, but will consider each case on its merits. The bursary for care-leavers is subject to annual review, and may not be increased in line with inflation.
4.4.4 The University acknowledges the cost of undergraduate study in art, design, media and performance, and those students from lowest income households will benefit from direct financial support for their major project at Level 6. Our evidence from the last four years shows that non-traditional students regularly seek grants from our Hardship Fund to support their work on their final year project work. In consequence, students who enrol in 2014/15 and progress successfully to Level 6 study in 2016/17, and who are in receipt of a full maintenance grant, will receive a progression scholarship of £200 on enrolment for Xxxxx 0 study. This scholarship is in the form of a grant and will not affect student entitlement to any other financial support...
Financial Support for Students. 5.1 The University is committed to providing financial assistance to students from lower income backgrounds and target under-represented groups. Students entering the University in 2012, who are ordinarily resident in the UK and to whom the home rate of tuition fee applies (subsequently referred to as ‘home UK students’) will be eligible for scholarship support according to the criteria below. Eligible EU students who meet the relevant criteria will be eligible for the fee-waiver elements of scholarship support.
5.2 Although research undertaken by XXXX suggests that there is little evidence that cash bursaries have any impact on students’ choice of institution, our assessment of the applications for hardship support over the past five years suggests that cash bursaries play an important part in reducing the financial burdens and debt for individual students. Our proposals for financial support therefore provide a balance of fee- waivers and cash bursaries to provide optimum support.
5.3 It is impossible to know at this stage how potential applicants will react to the new fees environment, especially those from target WP groups. It will be essential to review our approach to financial support in the light of our experience from 2012-13 onwards.
5.4 Our plans in this section take account of the following: Financial support schemes should be straightforward to communicate and to understand. Financial incentives should be offered to individual students who can be identified at the point of application (rather than providing a scheme based on entitlement, which has no direct impact on application patterns and decisions). Our commitment to regional WP students, through the PARTNERS programme, and to students entering through the national Realising Opportunities programme, should be a high priority. In addition to Government support, our proposed overall package of support for our students is generous: financial support averaging £2,000 per annum for the duration of undergraduate study (for more than a third of our students by 2015-16); additional funding for hardship support; and a wide range of paid placements and work opportunities on campus. In addition, we are seeking to minimise additional costs to students and to support some of the costs of compulsory field trips.
5.5 Newcastle University will fulfil all of its commitments to returning students who entered prior to 2012. Full details are included in the Access Agreement for 2011 entry, available here: 201...
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. Bursary Household income Total Bursary Semester 1 Semester 2 Less than £25,000 £500 £250 £250 £25,000 to £42, 875 £250 £125 £125 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
Financial Support for Students. The University has offered a generous package of financial support including bursaries to student from lower socioeconomic backgrounds in the past. This support will be replaced by the measures outlined within this Access Agreement including the higher than average National Scholarship Programme allocation. As a part of the research to devise this agreement, current students and alumni were consulted on the most appropriate level and type of support within the National Scholarship Programme. These student views have informed the package of support being proposed.
4.1 National Scholarship Programme (NSP) The following are the proposed UH NSP measures. The University has been allocated 248 scholarships worth £744,000 (£3000 per student), the University intends to match fund these scholarships in years 2 and 3 of the student’s programme. The University NSP will be targeted at eligible UK students on programmes charging fees above £6,000 (excluding programmes with fees not covered by this Access Agreement; for example foundation degrees) and who fall into one or more of the following groups:
1. Are identified to be in the lowest HE participation quintile 1* and with a household income of £25,000 or less
2. In receipt of incapacity benefit
3. Identified as a Looked After Child (Using the statutory definition) *Applicants will be given support to identify which quintile their postcode is located. The Scholarship will be awarded to part-time students on a pro rata basis The NSP at Hertfordshire will be allocated in the following way: Year 1
1. £1,000 voucher payment towards University provided accommodation or a laptop (3 year full warranty), software and printer from a designated supplier
2. £100 book voucher or similar eg course materials
3. Fresher’s pass and/or clubs and society membership up to the value of £100
4. Access to a final year mentor (value £300)1 5. £500 voucher to support subsistence eg travel 6. £1,000 tuition fee waiver NB1 Students will be able to opt-out of the mentoring programme and will be able to select an appropriate alternative to aid their educational experience. Year 2 students who were awarded an NSP scholarship in their first year of study and maintained a 2:1 average performance in the previous year:
1. £500 cash contribution towards living costs 2. £500 voucher to support subsistence eg travel
Financial Support for Students. At the University of Greenwich’s Campuses.
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. 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. 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 Xxxxx Scheme. Therefore, as a condition of receiving financial support, students will be required to apply for college accommodation in their first year and in their fin...
Financial Support for Students. The University is committed to the principle that no UK student should be deterred from applying to the University of Cambridge because of financial considerations, and that no student should have to leave because of financial difficulties.
Financial Support for Students. 5.1 Leeds Trinity & All Saints will introduce a bursary scheme for students first studying from September 2009 on UG honours and PGCE programmes that is informed by the following principles: • Clear targeting of students who may find cost a barrier to entry into higher education • Timely supply of information on levels of support and eligibility to effect student personal and financial planning • A scheme which is simple and easy to understand, particularly for those not familiar with the higher education sector • A scheme which is relatively easy to administer and sustainable to run for a small institution with limited resources thus realising the maximum amount of money for investment in students • Protection of the institution from potential cashflow difficulties and loss of income due to early withdrawal
5.2 The College will award a means-tested Leeds Trinity Bursary to students enrolled on undergraduate programmes who are in receipt of a Higher Education Maintenance Grant as follows: HE Maintenance Grant Leeds Trinity Bursary Full grant £10001 Partial grant £500
5.3 As students who enrol on a PGCE programme will have access to funding packages (currently training bursaries) developed by the Training and Development Agency (TDA) the College will not award means-tested bursaries to these students over and above the minimum bursary for 2009/10. The College will keep this situation under review and review this decision should the current training bursary support be withdrawn by the TDA. 1 This is inclusive of, and not in addition to, the minimum bursary as defined by legislation from time to time.
5.4 The bursaries in 5.2 and 5.3 above will be administered by Student Finance Direct under the HEBSS scheme.
5.5 Outside the scope of this agreement the College will also offer Excellence Bursaries, designed to attract high quality applicants and Progression Bursaries to assist students who progress from a Foundation Degree at Leeds Trinity & All Saints to an honours top-up programme.
Financial Support for Students. 5.1 Bursaries through the 2016/17 Access Agreement
5.2 2015/16 and 2016/17 entrants
5.2.1 Home fee paying students resident in England on full-time undergraduate courses Residual Household income Award in year 1 Award per annum in years 2 – 4
5.2.2 Home fee paying students resident in England on full-time PGCE courses
i. PGCE Business
ii. PGCE Post Compulsory Education
iii. Schools Direct PGCEs, if no other bursary is received iv. Master of Architecture £25,000 or less £500 £25,001 to £32,000 £500 £32,001 to £42,620 £0 Students on our other PGCE courses6 may receive National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) bursaries of up to £20,000, depending on their subject of study and UG degree class.
5.3 2014/15 new entrants continuing in 2016/17 Students resident in England on full-time undergraduate courses. 5.4 2012/13 and 2013/14 entrants continuing in 2016/17
