The Discretionary Fund is available for students in financial hardship at the time of making application.
The fund makes awards in the form of a grant which does not need to be repaid.
Awards are intended to assist students with basic living expenses, study-related costs and travel to and from university. Funds cannot be used for the payment of tuition fees.
To be eligible students must:
be from Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland
be registered and attending an eligible course
have taken out their full entitlement to a student loan
have exhausted all other possible sources of funding available to them
be able to prove they are in financial difficulty
EU and international students are not eligible to apply to this fund.