About this bursary
This bursary is for full-time undergraduate students resident in England who have participated in the Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ Compact Plus programme and who started their course in 2016. It is worth £1000 a year and is available from second year onwards.
Bursary payments
| Payment details for this bursary | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
|---|
| Cash: |
n/a* |
£1,000 |
£1,000 |
£1,000 |
£1,000 |
*You may be eligible for the Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ bursary in Year 1. You do not need to repay a Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ bursary.
Depending on your circumstances, you could be eligible to receive further bursaries and financial support from the Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯. If you are in hardship you can apply for additional help from the Student Support Fund in every year of your course.
Payment dates
The annual bursary will be paid in two instalments: 16 January and 2 May.
Who is eligible
You are eligible for a Compact Plus bursary if you:
- have participated in the Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ Compact Plus programme
- are studying on a full-time undergraduate course (registered to study 120 credits)
- are normally resident in England and have been assessed as eligible to receive full funding from Student Finance England
- have been eligible to receive the Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ bursary in your first year of study
- have a household income up to and including £25,000 a year and
- started your course in 2016.
Your eligibility for this bursary will be re-assessed each academic year.
Exceptions
Nursing, midwifery and allied health professions (AHP) courses have different tuition fee and funding arrangements. Students on these courses do not qualify for the Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ Compact Plus bursary.
Some social work students are eligible to receive NHS bursaries in years 2 and 3 of their courses. Social work students who receive these bursaries are not eligible for Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ Compact Plus bursary either.
Enquiries
We will email you in the autumn to confirm whether you will receive this bursary for the academic year.
Our Widening Participation team is here to answer your questions.
Contact
Email compactplus@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 641929