Featured byUniversity of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
£5,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- travel expenses
- accommodation
- health
- other
Description
This financial support is an extension of the existing NHS Learning Support Fund (NHS LSF) which offers eligible students additional support while studying for their degree.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
The new package may include:
Training grant of £5,000 per year
Parental support payment of £2,000 per student per year to help with childcare costs
Specialist subject payment of £1,000 per year for students on degrees that struggle to recruit, including mental health and learning disability nursing
Help towards additional travel and accommodation costs to clinical placements over your normal daily travel costs
An exceptional hardship fund of up to £3,000 per student per academic year
Eligibility
Eligibility criteria include that you must be:
- eligible for tuition fees and maintenance support from the Student Loans Company (this includes certain residency criteria);
- studying at a university in England;
- studying one of the courses identified earlier in this section.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Health Sciences
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Applications for the funding are made through a digital portal run by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) who manage the NHS Learning Support Fund. Students eligible for specialist subject payments will not need to apply separately for this. When applying for the training grant, if the qualifying course is selected, the additional payments will be automatically included.