Training Grant

It has been announced by the Government that additional funding support will be available to Healthcare students from September 2020. This includes students who are going into their second or third year of study.

Please note that Medicine and Dentistry courses are not eligible for this Scheme.

This additional funding includes:

• a non-repayable payment of £5,000 to eligible students each academic year

additional payments worth up to a total of £3,000 per academic year for students in specialisms ‘specialist subject payments’ or regions struggling to recruit ‘regional incentives’ or to help students cover childcare costs ‘parental support’

For further information regarding eligible courses and personal eligibility please see the NHS website.

Please note that this is not considered an NHS bursary by the Student Loans Company. You will be asked when applying for your loans via the Student Loans Company if you are in receipt of an NHS bursary and you should answer ‘NO’ to this question if you are recieving this Training Grant.