NHS bursaries?

[rollonthesummer]

I know that they have stopped the bursaries for midwifery and nursing but are there any other jobs which still gets tuition fees paid? I thought that speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy (maybe even radiography?) did, but I can't find anything concrete or if these are going to be cut?

Does anyone happen to know?

[eyestightshut]

I think they've already been cut,I'm afraid

[rollonthesummer]

I wondered if that's the case but I can't find any links!

[lampshady]

All gone. Last intake was for nurses this month. Nothing for HCPs or AHCPs. Already it's had a massive impact on how many people are applying for a September start - about a third of the number of expected applications from mature students and just over half the number of overall applications from all prospective students.

[rollonthesummer]

What is an HCP/AHCP? Is that a physiotherapist etc?

[rollonthesummer]

Are there any degrees you can do that do not require you to pay your own tuition fees? Do the army or any companies pay for you to study?

[RifRafia]

I know that the RAF fully sponsor a cohort of nursing students each year

[AndromedaPerseus]

I think RollsRoyce use to sponsors aerospace engineering type degrees not sure if they still do.

[annandale]

HCP = health care professional
AHCP = allied health care professional - the therapies, dietetics, radiography etc.

Degree-level apprenticeships here

Yes, there are forces bursaries, I don't know much about them.

[LizzyBennett]

ODP degree in Wales has tuition fees paid by the NHS, but no living costs bursary

[LizzyBennett]

Actually, lots of healthcare courses at Cardiff are paid for by the NHS -here

[yorkshirepuddingandroastbeef]

Were they not introducing apprenticeships (which involves degree course) for nursing? Not sure about fees but I thought that was the latest thing.

This surely isn't going to help poor staffing levels?

[yorkshirepuddingandroastbeef]

Very short holidays and full working week for nursing students so god knows how they are expected to support themselves.

[yorkshirepuddingandroastbeef]

Very short holidays and full working week for nursing students so god knows how they are expected to support themselves.

[rollonthesummer]

I wonder if things will get so shite in the next few years that they'll start the NHS bursaries up again??

[JenniferYellowHat1980]

Welsh Govt have stipulated that anyone in receipt of a bursary now needs to commit to working in Wales for two years. All very well but as a would-be Welsh student studying and living in Wales, my community is served by hospitals in England which is where I'd have to go for a job

[chocolatespiders]

It has had a definite impact on the amount of applications this year. I don't know anyone on my access course who has not been offered a September place for either nursing or midwifery.

[MadamePomfrey]

The bursaries have been in danger since I trained donkeys years ago they won't be back in my opinion. There's a chance the may back track on tuition fees for some professions but I wouldn't hold my breath.