Partially funded

Nottingham Potential Bursary

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

The Nottingham Potential Bursary supports students from lower-income backgrounds whose personal circumstances may have affected access to higher education. There is no cap on places; every applicant meeting the criteria receives funding. This is a home-student award.

Award Information

  • Joining the university for the first time in the entry year (September 2026 or 2027)
  • Registered on a full-time undergraduate degree and no previous undergraduate degree
  • UK Home status for funding purposes; full Student Finance assessment
  • Not in receipt of a Maycock-Whileman Scholarship or an Alumni Scholarship award
  • Meet one criterion: Access route or vocational entry with household income £0 to £35,000; household income £0 to £35,000 with financially dependent children or adults (Childcare Grant, Parents' Learning Allowance or Adult Dependants' Grant); or completion of a listed programme (Sutton Trust Summer School, eight Ambition Nottingham 16-18 sessions, eight Pathways to Medicine or Veterinary Medicine sessions, Realising Opportunities, or 16 hours of IntoUniversity activity)
  • PGCE, Graduate Entry Nursing and Graduate Entry Medicine students qualify only on the grounds of having dependants
  • £1,000 per academic year (September 2027 entry); amounts reviewed yearly
  • Paid to the student in typically three instalments
  • Application deadline: end of the academic year in June; applications must be made within the academic year
  • Students completing a listed programme are eligible automatically
  1. Start your course at Nottingham and have a full Student Finance assessment
  2. Apply for the bursary during the academic year, before the June deadline

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Documents you will need

  • Certificate or transcript for Access or vocational entry
  • Student Finance letter showing Childcare Grant, Parents' Learning Allowance or Adult Dependants' Grant, or Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit evidence, for dependants

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