Carers
Your student loan entitlement is worked out on your household income from the previous financial year. This might be problematic if you have taken on caring responsibilities within the last year or so and your financial circumstances have changed considerably as a result. In this case it is possible to request a “current year assessment” from your funding body (e.g. Student Finance England) in order to take into account your new financial situation.
If you are a carer you may be eligible for additional financial support including:
- Grants from SFE and NHS funding – depending on your circumstances and course you have applied for.
- The SHU Student Success Scholarship – more information, including eligibility criteria can be found on the Grants page here. Please note, if you are eligible for the NHS Training Grant you will not be able to apply for the Student Success Scholarship.
Mature Students
If you are a mature student aged over 25 you need to apply to SFE as an independent student. Please check out the main page for information on this. You may also be eligible for additional financial support including:
- Grants from SFE and NHS funding – depending on your circumstances and course you have applied for.
- The SHU Student Success Scholarship – more information, including eligibility criteria can be found on the Grants page here. Please note, if you are eligible for the NHS Training Grant you will not be able to apply for the Student Success Scholarship.
Disabled Students
If you have a disability you may be eligible for additional financial support including:
- Disabled Student’s Allowances – This helps pay for extra costs you might have at university as a direct result of your disability. More information can be found here. It can take up to three months to get your DSA support in place, so you should apply by June.
- NHS funding – depending on the course you have applied for.
- The SHU Student Success Scholarship – more information, including eligibility criteria can be found here. Please note, if you are eligible for the NHS Training Grant you will not be able to apply for the Student Success Scholarship.
- You can check out resources on funding support: