STUDENT FINANCE
Most people have heard of the student loan system: but did you know there are also a huge range of scholarships and bursaries available to students, worth over £150 million? And the best thing is, this is money that you won't need to pay back!
On this page you can find guides to the range of options available, including the tuition and maintenance loans provided by the government, and some of the wide range of other options that are out there.
On this page you can find guides to the range of options available, including the tuition and maintenance loans provided by the government, and some of the wide range of other options that are out there.
Applications for 2025-26 are now open!
You can apply now for Student Finance for full-time undergraduate courses for 2025 to 2026.
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Check out our student finance calculator to find out how much you could get.
It’s important to note that your Maintenance Loan might not cover all of your living costs. Read the Government guidance on understanding your living costs while studying at uni or college.
Black Bullion provide some excellent guidance on all things financial for students.
They have a new guide to Student Finance 2025, and you can read their housing guide from 2024 here.
They also provide the UK's largest hub for scholarships, grants, bursaries and other types of funding to help finance your education and development. You can register for updates on this here.
They have a new guide to Student Finance 2025, and you can read their housing guide from 2024 here.
They also provide the UK's largest hub for scholarships, grants, bursaries and other types of funding to help finance your education and development. You can register for updates on this here.
Unifrog also has a great 'Special opportunities' tool that you can access from their homepage, which collates scholarship opportunities for a huge range of subjects and career areas. Log-in now and have a look!
Student Accommodation
One of your main costs as a student will be rent on your student accommodation.
For some general advice on this, you can read the following guidance from the Uni Guide and Prospects.
NHS Learning Support Fund
In recent years students can apply for NHS LSF if they’re on one of the following pre-registration undergraduate courses:
Details for 2025-26 will be published here.
In recent years students can apply for NHS LSF if they’re on one of the following pre-registration undergraduate courses:
- dental therapy or dental hygiene (level 5 and 6 courses)
- dietetics
- midwifery
- nursing (adult, child, mental health, learning disability, joint nursing, and social work)
- occupational therapy
- operating department practitioner (level 5 and 6 courses)
- orthoptics
- orthotics and prosthetics
- paramedics (DipHE and FD courses are not eligible for NHS LSF)
- physiotherapy
- podiatry or chiropody
- radiography (diagnostic and therapeutic)
- speech and language therapy
- a training grant of £5,000 per academic year
- parental support of £2,000, if you have at least one dependent child under 15 years, or under 17 years if registered with special educational needs
- money back for excess travel and temporary accommodation costs (Travel and Dual Accommodation Expenses) while you're on your practice placement
- students experiencing financial hardship (Exceptional Support Fund)
Details for 2025-26 will be published here.
