City University of London City Cares Bursary for Home or UK Undergraduates Students 2024:(Deadline Not Specified)

This bursary is for Home/UK undergraduates ordinarily resident in England who have experience of being in local authority care, are irreconcilably estranged from their family or have unpaid young adult carer responsibilities.

About City University of London

City, University of London is a public research university in London, United Kingdom and a member institution of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute, and became a university when The City University was created by royal charter in 1966.

City University of London City Cares Bursary

Aim and Benefits of City University of London City Cares Bursary

• The bursary is worth £3,500 per progressive academic year, for a maximum of three years.
• Priority is given to students with the lowest household income.

Requirements for City University of London City Cares Bursary Qualification

If you are a new Home/UK undergraduate student starting at City and can provide evidence that you fall into any of the following three categories, you may be eligible for the City Cares Bursary:

• You live or have lived in care and are still receiving support from your local authority
• You are irreconcilably estranged from your parents
• You have unpaid young adult carer responsibilities.

In all cases, you must also:

• Be ordinarily resident in England
• Have a residual household income of £25,000 a year or less as assessed by Student Finance England (SFE) by the last day of the first term of each academic year. Priority is given to students with the lowest household income
• Be 25 years old or younger on the 1st September in your first year.

Interview date, Process and Venue for City University of London City Cares Bursary

Students in receipt of the City Cares bursary will be notified of the upcoming payment by January via their City email address. Payments will be made in three instalments in January, April and June each academic year.

Students given the City Cares bursary may be eligible for The Lord Mayor of London Scholarship for Academic Excellence but not the City Education Grant or Sanctuary Scholarship.

Application Deadline

1 January, 1970

How to Apply

There is no formal application form for this bursary however eligible candidates must register with City Cares by emailing citycaressupport@city.ac.uk.

Receipt of the bursary is dependent on students attending an induction meeting with City Cares and submitting relevant evidence. In addition, students must consent to share their household income with us via Student Finance England by the last day of the first term of each academic year.

Please see further instructions below. After this, please arrange a meeting with City Cares to discuss any mitigating circumstances.

How to share your household income

When applying for student finance through Student Finance England (SFE) you must give your consent to share your financial information with City. Please follow the three steps below:

• Apply for Student Finance through Student Finance England (SFE)
• Provide your household income to Student Finance England
• Both you and your sponsors/parents/partner/guardians must give consent to share your household income with City, University of London.

Household income assessment without taking a maintenance loan

To ensure we receive household income information you will still need to apply for and have your household income assessed by the Student Loan Company (SLC) even if not taking a maintenance loan out. We can’t assess household income for you.

How to apply for an income assessment

You will need to submit a maintenance loan application to the SLC and pass their eligibility checks. However, you will be able to specify in your application to them that you do not want a loan and enter £0, so you won’t borrow any money.

• Create an online Student Finance account and select that you would like to apply for a maintenance loan. Follow the steps of the application as if you were applying for the loan and provide all the necessary information.
• When asked ‘Do you want to apply for the higher amount of Maintenance Loan? select ‘Yes, I want to apply for a higher amount of Maintenance Loan’. This lets the SLC know to assess your household income.
• Later, when asked ‘How much Maintenance Loan do you want to borrow?’ select ‘I want to borrow a specific amount’.
• When you are asked to input the amount, type ‘NIL’ or £0. This lets the SLC know that you are not taking out any loan.
• When you have completed the application, your parents/guardian or partner will be asked to submit their household income information, as applicable.

The SLC can then carry out your household income assessment and the outcome of this will be shared with City, University of London.

You may need to call them and make sure they have sent the PFF2 Assessment of Financial Circumstances form to your parent/guardian or partner to be completed.

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