Start Right Bursary

Our Start Right Bursary is available to students who started in 2011 or earlier. It is not available to new students starting in 2012.

The Start Right Bursary can give you up to £500 in each year you study with us - and doesn't have to be paid back.

You are entitled to a Start Right Bursary if:

• you are a UK student on an undergraduate degree course for which the current fee is £3,465
• your family household income is less than £35,000.

If your total family income is:

• £25,000 or less – we’ll give you an extra £500 a year.
• £25,001-£35,000 – we’ll give you an extra £347 a year.

Even better, you get your bursary from us automatically once you have applied for your student financial support package from Student Finance England (SFE).

The Bursary will be paid to you automatically in December and April.

Eligibility

To be assessed for a Start Right bursary, you must apply for means tested financial support from Student Finance England (or your local authority).

Sponsors must consent to share their financial information with the University so that household income is made available for assessment. .

Students and sponsors must also submit all financial evidence requested by Student Finance before any bursary award will be approved and paid by the University.

Letters of confirmation for bursaries will be issued initially during semester one, in time for payment in December, and then throughout the rest of the academic year for those who miss the initial December payment.

More information

For more information about the bursaries, contact The Gateway.

Note that the Start Right Bursary is not available for HNC/HND or Foundation degree courses, or for courses in nursing and midwifery. 

For PGCE courses, see teacher training (PGCE) student funding.