Financial Support for starting Uni

[princess2401]

I am starting university in May 07 and want to know if i can get any funding from anywhere? I am from a single parent family, just me and my mum and money is a big problem. I just wondered if there was anywhere like charities, support groups, financial support from the uni? i dont know how to go about it or anything?

[Sonak]

If you are studying full-time you'll be entitled to funding from your Local Education Authority which I think will be given in installments through out the year and its the same for part-time students but they are not entitled to that much compared to full-timers. They'll just get one lump sum.

[pingping]

have a look at Nottingham Uni's website and find the Financial Support pages: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/student-support/

Uni's often offer scholarships, access funds or hardship loans available to both UK and overseas students.

[alijangra]

Hi princess2401, I see from your previous post that you are going to be doing nursing. In Scotland every student is given a non-means tested bursary, everyone gets the same except if they are over 26 they get slightly more and also additional finance for any dependents. I dont know what the case is in England but I imagine it must be similar otherwise everyone would be flocking to Scotland to do their training! The university should be able to give advice on this matter.

[alijangra]

Not sure if my above post was clear, my remarks about the bursaries are in relation to nursing courses only.