Hardship Funds & Grants
There are services available if you are struggling financially during your time as a student.
Keele University Student Funding Office
Staff in the Student Funding Office can offer advice on sources of student funding and general budgeting advice around expenditure such as tuition fees and accommodation. They can also advise on managing income from sources such as grants, loans, part-time work, social security payment and banks. They also give information about the bursaries and scholarships available to some students, and administer a small emergeny loans fund.
The Student Funding Support Officer is responsible for the administration of the money from the Access to Learning Fund and will give advice and guidance about applying for additional money from the fund if you are experiencing financial hardship.
For general information about the Access to Learning Fund click here
More information about grants and bursaries for Keele students can be found at the Student Funding Office website
Where is the Student Funding Office? The office is located at 42 The Covert (near to the Leisure Centre)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Tel: 01782 73 3996
Email: s.grieve@acad.keele.ac.uk
NHS Hardship Grant - Medical and Dental Students Only
If you are a medical or dental student that has exhausted all other sources of financial help, and still require additional help, you may be eligible for an NHS Hardship Grant. All medical and dental students who are holders of income-assessed NHS Bursaries (except those holding fees only awards), are eligible.
Payments will not be made to you if you have chosen not to take up your full student loan and any Access to Learning Fund entitlement.
To apply for the NHS Hardship Fund you should write in confidence to:
The Section Manager
NHS Student Bursaries
200-220 Broadway
Fleetwood
Lancashire
FY7 8SS
Enclose details of your personal financial circumstances and also documentary evidence that you have applied for a student loan and Access to Learning Funds.
Further information about the NHS Hardship Grant can be found on the NHS website
The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund
For medical students facing unexpexted and exceptional financial hardship for more information download their information booklet HERE
Keele Graduate Bursaries
Financial help for 2010 Keele graduates wishing to undertake a full-time Master's programme at Keele
A discount of £1,000 for all UK/EU and international students graduating from a first degree programme this year and who stay on full-time to undertake a Master's programme at Keele.
The Keele Graduate Bursaries are available for all taught postgraduate courses other than those where financial support is already available - such as the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Social Work or certain courses where the student fee is directly funded by the National Health Service.
There are no additional forms or paperwork. The £1,000 will be deducted from the second payment instalment of postgraduate tuition fees.
You can find a full list of our postgraduate courses here: http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/aa/postgraduate/courses.html
To find out more contact Helen Johnson bursaries@keele.ac.uk
Royal Merchant Navy School Foundation
The RMNSF which is keen to publicise its beneficiary fund which has been extended to be available to students in tertiary education whose parents have been in the Merchant Navy.
Details of the organisation can be found at:
Royal Merchant Navy School Foundation (UK)
Enquiries about applying to the fund can be made by contacting:
eng@merchantnavy.org.uk
Tel: 0118 9781865
Royal Merchant Navy School Foundation
Bearwood
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG41 5BG
The Colt Foundation - Grants made to high quality research projects in the field of occupational and environmental health, particularly those aimed at illness arising from conditions at the work place. Also make grants to PhD students whose subject is relevant to this field of medicine.
The Independent Advice Unit
The Advice Unit can also advice on money matters such as loans, budgeting, debt etc we also administer a small, short term, emergency fund known as the Lindsay Loan Fund contact us to find out more about how we can help with your money matters!
Top Floor, Students' Union
Tel: 01782 734800
Email: iau@keele.ac.uk
Useful Links
For more general information about money, bursaries, grants etc click on the links below:
Turn2us - Charity which helps people access the money available to them - through welfare benefits, grants and other help.
Educational Grants
Financial Support for New Full Time Higher Education Students 2012/13
Financial Support For Continuing Full Time Students 2012/13
Child Care Grant & Other Support for Full-Time Student Parents in Higher Education 2012/13
Bridging the Gap: Disabled Students' Allowances 2012/13
Higher Education Finance - How you are Assessed and Paid 2012/13
Student Loans - A Guide to Terms and Conditions 2012/13
Direct Gov - Student Finance Forms and Guides
If you are an international student you can have a look at the Uniaid Student Calculator for information about funding, budgeting etc in the UK