Oooo Money! But why??

pulliptears

Took the kids away to Blackpool for a few days last week and came home to find a letter from my Uni telling me they were giving me a discretionary Bursary of £350 :beer:

Thing is I have no idea why, what criteria I have met for it etc etc. Only one other person in my group has recieved it and he is as clueless as me

I have asked staff etc, but my problem is Im a SURF student (Basically meaning Im a Staffs Uni student but my base is at a local college) so finding staff that have a clue about HE workings is difficult.

Any ideas?

pixiedust_2

Um... It'll either be something to do with the amount of support you were entitled to from SLC, or it could be attached to the department you study under - either way, don't complain!

pulliptears

pixiedust wrote: »

Um... It'll either be something to do with the amount of support you were entitled to from SLC, or it could be attached to the department you study under - either way, don't complain!

hehe not complaining! just curious it was a nice unexpected bonus anyway!

Lokolo

Hey I am at Staffs, I can go and ask the finance people if you want? What college are you at?

Man I hope they do that to me......

roxalana

Your college or Staffs should be able to tell you for sure, but at a guess...

If you are a HE student and are funded under the 'new' system where fees are variable up to £3,070 this year and you have been awarded the maximum amount of student funding by your local authority (i.e. you get a £2,765 maintenance grant), the University are obliged to give you a bursary of at least £305 (the difference between the £3,070 fees and the £2,765 MG) -some Universities give more than the necessary £305.

pulliptears

Hi Lokolo! Im SURF at Newcastle doing the Graphics Foundation Degree, Ill have to do my final year at Staffs itself though....

No worried about asking them, but thank you I need to pay a visit there next week to the art shop so Ill nip in and speak to finance.

What are you studying?

pulliptears

roxalana wrote: »

Your college or Staffs should be able to tell you for sure, but at a guess...

If you are a HE student and are funded under the 'new' system where fees are variable up to £3,070 this year and you have been awarded the maximum amount of student funding by your local authority (i.e. you get a £2,765 maintenance grant), the University are obliged to give you a bursary of at least £305 (the difference between the £3,070 fees and the £2,765 MG) -some Universities give more than the necessary £305.

That sounds feasible actually, and thinking about it the other guy who has recieved it has children as well, so it may be something to do with that :T