Additional Support (continuing) 07/08

This page applies to Academic Year 07/08. You can find information regarding support available in Academic Year 08/09 here.

There are sources of support available in certain circumstances if you are a full-time student. You can obtain further information from your Local Authority or by going to “Forms and Guides” which is available through the link on the New and Continuing Students’ Main Pages on this Site

If You Have Children

Disabled Students Allowances

Adult Dependants' Grant

NHS Bursaries

Loans For Extra Attendance In The Academic Year

Other Support

If you have children

Childcare grant

For students with children. The amount you receive will be dependent upon your household income and is based on 85% of your actual childcare costs.

The maximum available is £148.75 per week if you have one child and £255 per week if you have two or more children.

Parents’ learning allowance

For help with course-related costs for students with children. The amount you receive will be dependent upon your household income. The amount of Parents Learning Allowance payable will be between £50 and £1,470.

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Disabled students’ allowances

For help with extra course-related costs which arise as a result of your disability. Your household income has no effect on the amount you receive.

Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) for postgraduate study

Full and part-time disabled students including distance-learning students, whose courses have an entry requirement of at least a first degree and last for at least one academic year, can receive an allowance of up to £5,915 a year. If the course is part time, you must complete it in no longer than twice the time taken to complete an equivalent full-time course.

Postgraduates who receive awards from universities and colleges which include support for disabilities are also not eligible for postgraduate DSAs.

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Adult dependants’ grant

For students with a partner (including partner of the same sex) or another adult (usually a family member) who is financially dependent on them.

The amount you receive will be dependent upon your household income. Where applicable, the maximum grant in respect of a spouse will be £2,510. Where there is no spouse, a student may be eligible for this grant in respect of one adult dependant whose net income does not exceed £3,530.

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NHS bursaries

Available for full or part time students on pre-registration courses in certain subjects. You must be accepted on an NHS funded place to be eligible and should apply to the NHS Student Grants Unit. See http://www.aimhigher.ac.uk/student_finance/other_help/nhs.cfm for more information.

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Loans for extra attendance in the Academic Year

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Other Support

Support for teachers and student teachers

Details of additional support can be found at http://www.aimhigher.ac.uk/student_finance/other_help/teachers_and_student_teachers.cfm

Care leavers’ grant

This grant is no longer available.

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