Access to Learning Fund
The Access to Learning Fund is designed to help out students who come into financial difficulty throughout their course. It ultimately works to prevent any student from having to leave university due to financial problems.
There are full details of eligibility, how the assesment works and how it is paid to you here: University Access to learning fund
The fund is available to all home students studying at least 50% of a full time course whether postgraduate or undergraduate. It is not available to international or EU students. There are priority groups for the fund. These are:
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students with dependents
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students with disabilities
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care leavers
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students with caring responsibilities
The fund is discretionary meaning ultimately it is up to the assessors within each university as to whether or not they give it to a student. They do however have strict guidelines to follow which are laid down by the government.
You can get an application form from the Student Services Centre located in the Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Building.
The Advice Centre can help you if the need help filling out the application form.
Useful contacts
Financial Aid Student Services Centre, Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Building tel: 0113 343 2007