Further information can be sought from your tutors. Career Development Loans are also available to those intending to follow vocational or training courses. These are deferred bank loans ranging from between 300 to 8000. The purpose of this fund is to provide financial help on an individual basis where students can demonstrate financial hardship. Full time students who are eligible must have taken out their full student loan before they apply.
Application is by completion of an application form.
The University may make small crisis loans to students who face extreme immediate financial problems. It is normally a loan of 50 to be repaid within 28 days. This loan cannot be regarded as a convenient banking service and will only be considered when all other sources of financial help are exhausted and students are able to demonstrate their ability to repay it. They are not given without very good reason, and evidence of need must be provided. Grants Students who are not eligible to apply for any of the above funding, may be able to obtain financial help from this fund, if there is a significant change in their circumstances.