STUDENT BURSARIES AND GRANTS

Funding Postgraduate Study

• Prospects, The UK's Official Graduate Careers web site, for general information
  
• Indication of the amount of money that will be required to do postgraduate study
  There are 2 major costs
  • 1. Fees, average between £3,000 and £6,000 per annum for a Master Degree
  • 2. Living expenses, between £6000-£8000 per annum depending on location.
• The NHS Learning and Development Service gives advice on funding your studies, and on the different types of support that will be available while you're learning. Call their help line 08000 150 850 for impartial information and advice on learning and career opportunities. See their web site for further information
  

University Careers Services

• A comprehensive A-Z of university careers services in the UK. It can be worthwhile discussing funding with the staff at your university careers service.
  
• To find university careers services by region
  
• All university careers services will have a copy of 'The Grants Register', a comprehensive and practical guide to postgraduate funding, published annually by Palgrave.

Research Councils

• Research Councils UK
• A list of Public Funding Bodies
• BBRSC
• EPSRC
• ESRC
• MRC
• NERC (Natural Environment Research Council)
• PPARC (Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council)
• A map showing research council funded and other research related sites in the United Kingdom that are not directly affiliated with universities.

Graduate Teaching/ Research Assistantships

• Graduate teaching places and research assistantships are often awarded to those who failed to get funding for the postgraduate course that they wanted to do. More information.

Institutional Funding

• An A -Z of institutional funding and employment.

Alternative Sources of Funding

• Alternative Sources of funding - Examples of alternative sources of funding include The Wellcome Trust

Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (ORSAS)

• ORSAS was set up by the Secretary of State for Education and Science in 1979 to attract high-quality international students to the United Kingdom to undertake research. The Scheme is funded through the four UK higher education funding bodies (for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Loans

• Loans for postgraduate study are not available from the Student Loans Company as they are for undergraduate study. A different loan has to be applied for. More information.
• Support4Learning has information about student loans, grants and awards.
• In Scotland there is a completely different scheme to England, called The Student Awards Agency for Scotland, SAAS.

Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS)

• Information on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme from University of Hertfordshire and University of Southampton
• Take a look at pages from Queen's University, Belfast for what the CATS scheme means for a prospective postgraduate student

Benefits/ Hardship Schemes

• Information on additional funding for students with disabilities,
• Information regarding benefits available to students on the DWP web site, formally the DSS.