The University has a small fund to provide emergency assistance to undergraduate and postgraduate international students facing financial difficulties which were not foreseen at the start of their course and are not within their control. Students applying to the fund must show that they had made adequate arrangements to finance their course before they enrolled in the University and, if not in their final year, must show how they plan to finance themselves for the remainder of their course, since assistance will normally only be given during one academic year. If a student owes money to the University for tuition or accommodation, they may still apply for hardship funds but any funds obtained will be set against the debt. Application forms can be obtained from the Student Loans Officer or the International Student Adviser. Applications must be accompanied by statements for all bank accounts covering at least the last 3 months.
All applications are confidential and are considered on an individual basis.
These dates are national holidays. The University is therefore closed. These are significant dates but not holidays. October 29th Clocks go back one hour. Mainly celebrated by children who dress up as witches, ghosts etc and go door to door collecting sweets.