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As _Gizka_ says it's usual for it to stay the same, I'm assuming here that you're applying from a central funding authority. However it's also worth speaking to the student advisors at your university, there may well be some weird and wonderful bursaries available that have been left as legacies by past alumni - sometimes they're not all that well publicised so it's worth a few minutes of investigation.
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I was just making sure it weren't something they allow you to have during the first year.
Just looking at my options and accommodation now for each University and I was shocked to find out that the cheapest halls at Salford Uni are around £60 and the cheapest at UWE are £100+
The north/south divide showing its colours there!
I was just making sure it weren't something they allow you to have during the first year.
Just looking at my options and accommodation now for each University and I was shocked to find out that the cheapest halls at Salford Uni are around £60 and the cheapest at UWE are £100+
The north/south divide showing its colours there!
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I was just making sure it weren't something they allow you to have during the first year.
Just looking at my options and accommodation now for each University and I was shocked to find out that the cheapest halls at Salford Uni are around £60 and the cheapest at UWE are £100+
The north/south divide showing its colours there!
All universities have a 'hardship fund' which you can apply for. Pretty much anyone who applies gets something, people I know have had it range from £400 to £950. You just have to provide a good enough reason as to why you need it - "With so much studying, I don't have time to get a job - if I did, my studies would suffer" works well enough.
Might be worth looking into, once you're in Uni? Each uni will have different policies regarding how many times you can apply, with me it's two times a year.
I thought you could only apply for that if you were really stuffed! I really want to go to UWE but it's so much more expensive that I might end up going to Salford or Sheffield Hallam, where I'll be a little bit more comfortable/less stressed about money. Hopefully this will mean that I'll work better
I agree. If I get the grades then I think I'll end up in Bristol but the main student village in Salford in £60/week, compared to UWE which is £130/week!
It's a good job I've saved a little while I was working full-time...
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It might depend on the university but when I was there I think you had to produce a couple of months bank statements to show that you had very little/no money. Maybe it has got a bit easier since then but I wouldn't suggest counting on it.
My parents had to declare their total annual income (combined) on my student loan application form and provide the appropriate documentation to support this. They then calculated how much was a loan and how much was a non-repayable grant.
I thought you could only apply for that if you were really stuffed! I really want to go to UWE but it's so much more expensive that I might end up going to Salford or Sheffield Hallam, where I'll be a little bit more comfortable/less stressed about money. Hopefully this will mean that I'll work better
Yeah, they don't like to publicize it because then the people who REALLY need it may not get as much as they really need.
However, they have to give a certain amount away each year to justify it & at the end they just rubber stamp anyone's application and give them £400. I got told this by someone who worked in the Finance Office at my Uni.
I'd really go to the best one you can. Aren't there different levels of accommodation? My university has 4 or 5 different types of halls, with different prices. Failing that, there will always be private halls of residence which MAY be a bit cheaper. Unite are quite a big company, though they will try and get every last penny out of you they are quite cheap - one of their properties in Glasgow was cheaper than my Uni Halls, but you get what you pay for I suppose.
Just make sure that you stay in student halls for your first years or you'll really miss out!
I intend to stay in halls for the first year and then maybe look for somewhere quiter in the second year, when the work really starts!
As long as I've got enough to eat and for beer, I'm happy
I know some people are silly and go out on crazy shopping sprees!The hardship fund is just a loan though isn't it?
Edit: Actually, I just read my uni's hardship page. Wow, it sounds like its really easy to get free money :S You just have to have the courage to ask? (Not really the right word)
Edit: Actually, I just read my uni's hardship page. Wow, it sounds like its really easy to get free money :S You just have to have the courage to ask? (Not really the right word)
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Uh, around here private housing is WAY cheaper than halls, and i'm not at UWE. I know what their student halls are like and it's ridiculous, if you only get minimum loan like I do it won't even cover a year's stay there.
You at Bristol then? It does seem expensive compared to the other Uni's I've looked at, but like a previous poster has said, it's a must that you stay in halls in your first year.
What's the average private housing price per week? Most private halls seem to be around the same as the halls. (£100-£120+).
Are we talking about govt grants or uni given bursaries?
I'll be entitled to virtually nothing as my parents earn a good income from the govermnent, but if I get 5As in total and go to Soton I'll have 100% of my tuition fees credited to my account for the first 4 years, plus 1k grant for doing the final year.
Leicester will give me 1k if I get AAB, and many others have similer options.
I'll be entitled to virtually nothing as my parents earn a good income from the govermnent, but if I get 5As in total and go to Soton I'll have 100% of my tuition fees credited to my account for the first 4 years, plus 1k grant for doing the final year.
Leicester will give me 1k if I get AAB, and many others have similer options.
The bursary I recieve is only available to thoes who's house hold income falls into a certain catagory which has already been stated .... but it is also attedance based so if you never go to classes and have naff attedance you wont get it, I have been getting this since I started however my payment for last term was stopped because despite giving medical evidence ( hospital letters ) as proof of none attendance they only care that I was off and not why.