NHS students

Courses funded through the NHS are:

BSc Diagnostic Radiography
BSc Occupational Therapy
BSc Midwifery
BSc Nursing with Branches in Adult, Child, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities
BSc Physiotherapy

What will you have to pay?

Fees - There are no fees to pay for these courses. Living costs

UCAS website has a calculator to help you estimate how much money you will need to cover all your expenses at university. UCAS budget calculator.

What are our terms of payment?

Withdrawal policy

What funding is available?

The NHS pays a student bursary as a contribution to living costs for students studying NHS funded courses.

For DipHE nurses, the basic bursary is non-means tested and non-repayable. Additional, means tested allowances are available for students with dependants.

For Health Professions degree students, the basic bursary and additional allowances are all means tested upon household income.

The NHS has a bursary calculator which will give you an estimate of funding available. Entitlement depends on the course you are applying for and household income.

A reduced rate maintenance loan is available for students on Health Professions degree which is not means tested upon household income. The amount you receive is dependent upon living with your parents or living away from home. The maximum sums available for 2011-12 are £1,744 for living in the parental home and £2,324 for living away from home. The loan becomes repayable the April after graduation if you are earning above £15,000. (n.b. Students on DipHE Nursing are not eligible for the loan).

Social Work bursary

BA Social Work - The Department of Health will also pay a non-means tested Social Work Bursary of £4,575 to students who meet the residency requirements (for students from England and Wales only). This is non-repayable and paid in three termly instalments. Please check your eligibility for this bursary on the website: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/students

Please note that whilst this bursary is administered by the NHS, it is different to an NHS bursary for nursing or health professions students. If you tick the box to say you are applying for an NHS bursary, rather than Social Work bursary then your funding organisation will think you are funded by the NHS and will not award you a tuition fee loan or maintenance loan.

Information on applying for the Social Work Bursary (English and Welsh students only):

Tel: 0845 6101122

Email:swb@ppa.nhs.uk

or download a form from their website: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/students

How to apply for your NHS bursary

Obtain an estimate using the NHS bursary calculator
The university will let the NHS know that we've offered you a place and they will get in touch with you
You will be asked to apply online through the NHS website
DipHE Nursing students only need to apply once for the whole course unless you are applying for the additional allowances. You need to re-apply each year for those as they are means tested and your circumstances may change
Health Professions degree students should re-apply each year.

How to apply for your reduced rate student loan

Please apply for your loan through your funding body, at your earliest opportunity.

Ensure that you tick, on your application form, that you are receiving an NHS means-tested bursary. Remember that you will not be required to submit any financial information as your loan is not means-tested upon household income.

If you are from England, please apply online through Student Finance England

If you are from Scotland, please apply online through the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS)

Students from Wales, apply through Student Finance Wales

Students from Northern Ireland, apply through Student Finance Northern Ireland

The application process opens in early 2011. Please ensure that you allow enough time for your application to be processed so that your funding can be paid at the start of your course. Remember that it can take between 5 and 10 working days for your first instalment of the student loan to reach you once you have registered on your course.