Student Life - Finance

Kate an Occupational Therapy Student talks about how she coped financially being a student

I was really worried about how I would manage financially when I came to university but there's a bursary available which is means tested so that means it depends on your income or you parents income. That will all be worked out for you on a form, just fill in the forms send it off and you'll get a letter back telling you how much you can actually receive.

Because it's an NHS course the course fees are actually paid for you so that takes some of the burden off.

Loans are available and you can pay them back when you are fully qualified and earning a wage.

Other support available is the hardship fund and this is for anyone that's in financial difficulty so it's worth checking out what's available to you.

You can also do part time work if you are on a part time course.