The University is showing its continuing commitment to supporting students who find themselves in genuine financial hardship that might impact on their ability to continue on a course at the University especially during this current crisis. 

We are pleased to announce that in addition to the significant funding support the University has in place, some additional funding has now been made available from the Office of Students (OfS) to support students experiencing financial hardship during the pandemic.

This additional funding is open now and accepting applications from all students* (both UK and International) until 12 March.

*Except for students on an Apprenticeship or studying stand-alone modules

How do I apply to the fund?

• Just click the button in the Pandemic Hardship Fund information.

Alternatively:

1. Click on Finance button on the homepage of your e:Vision
2. Click on Scholarships and Bursaries
3. Click on the Apply or upload evidence for the Dennis Turner Hardship Fund button

Then choose which fund you are applying for from the drop-down list.

What evidence do we need?

• 1 months most recent bank statement that clearly shows your name, address, bank account number and sort code of the account you put on the application
• If you are applying due to accommodation arrears we will need evidence of this e.g. rent statement or letter showing in arrears

All evidence must be in either PDF or word document format (max. 2mb).

USEFUL TIP: if you bank online but cannot download your bank statements as a pdf, you should be able to choose to print them.  If you do this you should see a dialogue box that has a destination drop-down.  You should be able to choose save as pdf from there and then save as a pdf to upload directly to your application.  You should be able to do this for images, etc, as well.

Previous applicants: you will not need to reapply for this additional funding as the Student Funding Team will be contacting you via email.

New applicants: will be assessed on a weekly basis. Awards will be made based on individual circumstances and, once submitted with evidence, you should receive a decision email within 2 weeks.

If you want to check your current status after submission please go back on to e:Vision where you applied.

Although we cannot guarantee an award, we do try to help as many of our students in financial hardship as we can.