Student Nurse

Person_one

Nursing is degree only from September 2012, so they won't have the option of the higher bursary that comes with the diploma anymore.

mumps

kazzah60 wrote: »

I quite agree - my son is currently in his 2nd year at Liverpool studying Radiotherapy - he gets £2400 bursary to live on
he is in uni from 9-5 most days and on placement in Manchester for long periods of time ( currently 6 weeks)
so he has to pay rent on his accommodation in Liverpool AND for hospital accommodation whilst he is on placement
so far he has spent almost £700 on accommodation for Hospital placement and although we have claimed it back from the NHS Bursary people we STILL have not received a penny
a £5000 bursary would GREATLY help him financially as he is unable to get part time work due to Uni lectures and then having to leave Liverpool to go to Manchester every 8 weeks

It does seem unfais that Nursing bursaries are better paid than others.

But if your son was doing a nursing degree he would also be income assessed so would not get the £5,000 bursary.

kazzah60

mumps wrote: »

But if your son was doing a nursing degree he would also be income assessed so would not get the £5,000 bursary.

But his father is unemployed and I am disabled - we are surviving on my husbands small occupational pension of £6,000 per annum
the OP stated her husband was in employment - so how come the Op gets £5k and my son only £2400 K?

Person_one

kazzah60 wrote: »

But his father is unemployed and I am disabled - we are surviving on my husbands small occupational pension of £6,000 per annum
the OP stated her husband was in employment - so how come the Op gets £5k and my son only £2400 K?

Currently, nursing students doing the diploma get a higher non means tested amount than those doing the degree. This is a hangover from the days when nurse training was far more 'on the job' and more like an apprenticeship with a salary.

This year's diploma entrants are the last.

Has he applied for his non means tested student loan of £2324 p/a?

Oldernotwiser

kazzah60 wrote: »

I quite agree - my son is currently in his 2nd year at Liverpool studying Radiotherapy - he gets £2400 bursary to live on

But he surely gets his student loan as well?

mumps

kazzah60 wrote: »

But his father is unemployed and I am disabled - we are surviving on my husbands small occupational pension of £6,000 per annum
the OP stated her husband was in employment - so how come the Op gets £5k and my son only £2400 K?

I think OP is doing diploma so bursary is not means tested. I think your son should get more if your living on £6k per annum. Have you applied for any benefits, if your husband is unemployed due to disability I am sure there must be benefits he could claim, DLA perhaps? Sorry just realised it is you who is disabled, have you applied for DLA? Is your husband entitled to jsa?

flea72

kazzah60 wrote: »

I quite agree - my son is currently in his 2nd year at Liverpool studying Radiotherapy - he gets £2400 bursary to live on

i am due to study radiography as of next year. from all the finance meetings i have been to, i will be getting in the region of £11k a year, in bursaries, loans, and maintenance - please dont tell me they have got it wrong?

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ka7e

I know this thread is old, but as a follow-up...my daughter did qualify. She did bank shifts and waitressing to supplement her income! All the hard work paid off and she now works in London earning a very comfortable wage. And she met Dr Fluffy!

sillybilly2011

i am a student nurse! how can they say that about the course. for one i am at uni nearly every day 9 till 5. i have essays and exams to study for during semester as well being on placement full time. If im not doing this there are projects to do such as the cleanliness champions, extra reading to get try understand what you are going to be learning before your classes. i also have to work to keep up with my studies as well as travel 50 miles to visit family and friends. and try to fit in a social life where i am as well as do the house shopping and house work. it is a very hard course, i do not understand how someone can say that about a course they are not doing!!

Oldernotwiser

sillybilly2011 wrote: »

i am a student nurse! how can they say that about the course. for one i am at uni nearly every day 9 till 5. i have essays and exams to study for during semester as well being on placement full time. If im not doing this there are projects to do such as the cleanliness champions, extra reading to get try understand what you are going to be learning before your classes. i also have to work to keep up with my studies as well as travel 50 miles to visit family and friends. and try to fit in a social life where i am as well as do the house shopping and house work. it is a very hard course, i do not understand how someone can say that about a course they are not doing!!

I don't think anybody believes that student nurses have it easy but there are plenty of people who work full time, study for a degree in the evenings and also raise a family (sometimes on their own).