Future Ready Fund

To be eligible, you need to meet all the following criteria:

• Be classed as a home student.
• Be eligible for UK student finance maintenance support from Student Finance Wales (SFW), Student Finance England (SFE), Student Finance Northern Ireland (SFNI) or Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS)
• Have an assessed household income of below £25,000 year as assesed by SFW, SFE, SFNI or SAAS
• Be studying at a USW campus - Pontypridd (Treforest, Glyntaff and Sport Park), Cardiff, Newport
• Be enrolled on year 1 or year 0 of a full time eligible undergraduate degree lasting 3 or more years starting in September 2026.
• Apply to USW and firmly accept USW's offer by the UCAS decline by default deadline in May 2026.
• Be approved for Student Finance funding by 31st July 2026.

You are not eligible for the bursary if you are studying one of the following courses:

• BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing
• BSc (Hons) Child Nursing
• BSc (Hons) Learning Disability Nursing
• BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing
• BSc (Hons) Midwifery
• BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice