NHS Bursary

[SickOfEverything]

Situation - Single parent, 2 children, no employment, uni full time.

Anyone have any idea of what kind of bursary I would get from the NHS? Is it enough to pay rent/buy food with? I am looking for a part time job to fund myself but in the meantime?

I am obviously prepared to get student loans too. But how much is a bursary and is the figure annually or for the duration of the degree?

Unless things have changed...

If you do a Diploma or an Advanced Diploma the bursary is just over £6k.

If you do a degree you don't get a bursary - you get a student loan which is means tested.

Have a look here

www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/UniversityAndHigherEducation/StudentFinance/index.htm

You don't pay tuition fees for NHS funded courses such as nursing, nmidwifery, OH etc.

I've no idea why it's put that huge gap in!

Here is the link again

www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/UniversityAndHigherEducation/StudentFinance/index.htm

Also I believe the dipolma is being phased out. This year is the last intake in this area. Shame really my friend has just done it and couldnt have coped financially as not entitled to student finance due to doing a degree when she was much younger.

there's a bursary calculator somewhere, so yu can work out what you might get. Degree students can still get a student loan even if they already have a degree (at least for midwifery)- there's a list of degrees which are exempt from the 'only one degree' rule.
hth