Funding for Nursing Students
In general, to be eligible to apply for full support from Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS), an applicant must meet the following conditions:
- Be ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for the three years immediately before the first day of the first academic year of the course.
- If the applicant is not a UK or other EU national, they must also have settled status’ in the UK (as set out in the Immigration
Act 1971). - They must also be ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date and an applicant will not normally be treated as being ordinarily resident in Scotland if their main purpose in being here has been to receive full-time education and that they would have otherwise been living elsewhere.
Students from the rest of the UK and beyond who do not meet the residency requirements will have to apply to their own funding body or local authority.
- have a partner who has low income
- are registered as a carer for an adult dependant (spouse, partner or any other adult)
- have a child who is dependent on you
if the person you care for has an income of over ?1,160 during your academic year, that amount will be deducted
- a copy of your tax credit award,
- have at least one dependent child
- are lone parents
Students who are in receipt of a bursary from SAAS, will be entitled to excess travelling expenses for placements and accommodation costs on an away placement.
The bursary includes ?5 for travel for each day of the course so students will only be reimbursed for excess travelling expenses. It should be by the cheapest method so it will normally be the cost of public transport even if they opt to use their own transport.
Claims for accommodation costs must be reasonable – normally up to around ?35 per night although exceptions may be made with prior agreement from SAAS e.g. Read more