Funding Opportunity

Save the Student Bursary

If you're starting university in 2025/26, you could be eligible for our new bursary to help cover the cost of student essentials like a laptop, bedding, kitchenware and more

The Save the Student Bursary is a set amount of £750, with six awards up for grabs.

The bursary will be paid through JS Group's Aspire service, a tool used by tens of thousands of students at dozens of UK universities, allowing the safe and secure delivery of funds.

This money is intended to help you pay for anything you might need when you start university. This could include:

  • A laptop
  • Bedding
  • Kitchenware
  • Clothes
  • Stationery
  • Specialist equipment for your course
  • Anything else you'll need.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Requirements

To apply for the Save the Student Bursary, you must:

• Be starting your first or foundation year at a UK university in the 2025/26 academic year (please visit the full list of eligible institutions)
• Have a household income of £40,000 per year or less
• Have an open UK bank account, or have one by the end of August 2025.

As this fund is intended to help people from low-income or disadvantaged backgrounds, the application form will also ask:
• If you were eligible to receive free school meals at secondary school
• Where you currently live
• If your parents or guardians attended university
• If you identify as being part of any of the Office for Students' "underrepresented groups"
• How you'd use the bursary and what it would mean to you.

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