The Bursary Fund is provided to help students with the direct costs of study such as equipment, books, travel, exam costs and trips and visits, and is available to assist students who may have difficulties in completing their course because of financial considerations. There is also a small emergency portion of the fund in the case of unforeseen emergencies where completion of the course could be jeopardised by financial constraints.
As a general guide, students who have a family income of below £18,500 per annum should apply to the Bursary Fund if they require financial assistance.
Students in care, care leavers, young people in receipt of income support and disabled young people in receipt of Employment Support Allowance who are also in receipt of Disability Living Allowance will be eligible to receive a bursary of £1,200 per year.
To be eligible to apply for financial assistance from the Bursary Fund a student must:-
- be aged 16, and under 19, on 31st August 2012
be an enrolled student as defined by the College; and
not be paying tuition fees
Applicants in receipt of Benefits may be required to show proof of current benefit payments.
Applicants must provide evidence of income for tax year April 2011 to April 2012: usually the Tax Credit Notification TC602(E) will be sufficient but evidence of receipt of benefits, P60 or other relevant documents may be requested in addition.
Payment will be weekly in arrears. Payment will be withheld if the student does not comply with the College expectations regarding Attendance, Behaviour and Performance.
In the first instance we would like to have all applications in by the 9th September each academic year. Obviously an application would be considered at any time during the academic year, but after the 9th September the Bursary will not be back-dated before the application date, simply because no money is given to us to do so and the College must budget to distribute all its money by the end of the year.
The College cannot say in advance how much money there will be per week per student. The College is given a fixed amount of money and it will be divided by the number of successful applications. The payment is therefore likely to vary from one academic year to the next. Each year, after the 9th September, the College will know how many students have made successful applications and will then be able to calculate how much to pay each week. This weekly amount will be published to successful applicants.
Your completed application form together with evidence of income, should be returned by hand, or posted to: