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Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to £800
Scholarship coverage
- other
Description
You may be eligible for the Birkbeck cash bursary scheme to assist with the costs of study, such as purchasing books, printing and travelling to lectures. Cash bursaries do not have to be paid back.
Benefits
Household income is less than £25,000, maximum cash bursary award: £800. Household income is between £25,000 and £39,999, maximum cash bursary award: £450.
Eligibility
- Students must meet certain criteria in order to be eligible for the Birkbeck cash bursary scheme.
- All students (prior 2018 to after 2020): You must be applying to study on a Birkbeck programme that is based at our Bloomsbury campus in London (this includes programmes delivered online).
To be eligible to apply for the Birkbeck Cash Bursary, you must:
- be a Home student
- be studying at least 30 credits (ie 25% intensity)
- be enrolled on a degree with foundation year (year 0 only), part-time certificate of higher education, or part-time foundation degree
- For a full-time student, this will depend on whether you are financially dependent on your parents.
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- If you are over 25 at the start of the academic year, you will be considered as independent, and household income will be assessed on your gross income from the preceding tax year and the gross income of your spouse/partner (if relevant). The total household income figure, as provided to us by Student Finance England, will be used to assess you for the bursary.
- If you are under 25 at the start of the academic year, you will generally be classed as dependent on your parents, unless you have been supporting yourself for at least three years or have been assessed as estranged. If you are classed as a dependant, your parents' income will be taken into account.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
You will be provisionally assessed for the bursary as part of the online enrolment process. Enrolment for courses starting in autumn normally opens in June. You will receive an email telling you when you can enrol online.
When enrolling, you will be asked if you wish to be considered for means-tested assistance. You must answer 'yes' to this question if you wish to be considered for this bursary. You will then be asked to provide some details about your household income. The other eligibility criteria will be checked automatically by the system.
Once your enrolment is complete, if the system determines that you are eligible to apply, you will receive an email that advises you how to apply for the Cash Bursary.