Scholarships and Bursaries

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With any luck you'll have heard of at least one of these things, and you do need to know about both, for two simple reasons:  Firstly, they are ways of getting money for free and, secondly, you have to do something for it all to work.  So, this is my guide to scholarships and bursaries, it should take the confused looks off your faces, and hopefully get you anything from £250 to about £860, depending which bits you get, what year you are in, and some other details.  So onward to find out a little more about it all!

There are 3 bits to this:

• Scholarships
• Bursaries
• Checking your bank details (Important, this one!)

 

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Scholarships

Scholarships are a simple one, in 2006 the University started offering 'Cashback' of £2000 for anyone starting a course here at Anglia Ruskin.  You get the following:

	Payment One	Payment Two
Year One	£500	£500
Year Two	£250	£250
Year Three	£250	£250

...all on condition that you do your work, hand it in by the deadline (or extended deadline, if you manage to get one!), and that it achieves a passing grade.  Not bad eh?

Basically, as long as you get in gear and finish your work on time, then you will find the money delivered by electronic angels to your bank account.  Which reminds me, check the University have your bank account details right!

So, now onto the slightly more complicated world of Bursaries...

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Bursaries

When the new loans system came in, the government decided that some people would need a bit more money, and that some of this would have to come from the Universities themselves, so most of you will also get a bursary.

It's a weird little scheme, but because the University charge you £3070 a year for tuition, they have to give some back, if the government says you need it.  Forget the whys and wherefores, this is more free money, and you get it if you get a maintainance grant as well as a loan.  Simple as.

If your loan doesn't include a maintainance grant, then I'm sorry but you just don't get this money, although you could try and get a maintainance grant next year, just make sure you apply for a means tested loan next year, talk to the lovely bods in Student Money Advice and Rights for some help with this, they know their stuff inside out.

If you do get a bursary, it's about £300 a year and will arrive at the same time as your scholarship payment.  Which reminds me, you should really check whether the University have the right bank details for you!  Thinking about it, I may have mentioned that before...

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Checking the University have the right bank details for you

Because the University are so keen or legally obliged to give you money, it's best not to stop them!  sounds stupid I know, but really do check your bank details with them.  I know that giving out bank details sounds like something you shouldn't do, but the University need them to give you cash, and they have no crackpot stories about getting money out of foreign countries!  They need your bank details for the following stuff:

• Paying you your scholarship when you get all your work in on time!
• Paying you your bursary if you get one.
• Anything else they might pay you, like if you apply for an Access to Learning Fund, which is money you can get if you're struggling a bit financially.
• That's it, I think!

So, to make sure you get all the money you can, you need to log-in to eVision, the University's online portal for managing results, and timetables and everything like that.  It's here, and if you've never used it, your password is '3333' and your login name is either your student number (first 7 digits, on your student card).

EVision can be a bit tricky to use, but to confirm your bank details do the following:

• Login to eVision, using your student number and password
• On the first page you come to, click the link 'Update/check my bank account', it's top right.
  

On the front page, you may have a message in you inbox about scholarship payments, you need to click this and follow the steps to make sure you get your payments.  Usefully, and in case you're not sure, it'll tell you whether you qualify for the bursary.  If it says you don't, don't panic, you still qualify for the scholarship, and will get that as long as you get all you work in, and it passes.

That's it.  It's about 10 minutes out of your day to make sure that you get some free money, which is pretty good going in my book!

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