Scholarships and funding

From August 2018 new postgraduate pre-registration nursing and allied health professional students are able to access loans from the Student Loan Company. 

Courses which are eligible include

• MSc Occupational Therapy (pre-registration)
  
• MSc Speech and Language Therapy (pre-registration)
• MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration)

Students studying a pre-registration, postgraduate healthcare course which starts after 1 August 2018 can apply for the same package of support as undergraduate students. In other words, these students will be able to access loans to cover tuition fees of up to £9,250 per year (our course fee per year) and to support living costs.

Please note there will be eligibility criteria which must be met to receive this financial support. Students who are already registered in nursing, midwifery, or an allied health profession will not be eligible for support for a second full-time or part-time pre-registration course, or a second full-time postgraduate pre-registration course leading to registration in the same profession.

Like undergraduates, postgraduate pre-registration students will be eligible for additional support through the Learning Support Fund administered through the NHS Business Services Authority including:

• Child Dependants Allowance
• exceptional hardship support
• additional travel and accommodation expenses

Students who are obliged to incur essential additional expenditure while undertaking a course of higher education as a result of a disability may qualify for disabled students' allowances.

The RCN Foundation offers a range of grants and support for nurses, midwives, and nursing support workers.

RCN Foundation education grants are awarded for professional development or to students. These grants are open at different points throughout the year, so check regularly to see when they are taking applications.

The development of wireless technology and data-driven apps has led to an influx in tools that can help track behaviour patterns, particularly in the health and wellbeing sector.

However any disclosure of personal health-related data to legitimate entities (such as healthcare providers) to receive some utility in return (e.g., in the form of better health monitoring services) comes at the expense of a possible loss of privacy, which may have unintended and potentially adverse effects to the patients/users.

This project is concerned with issues around data privacy in relation to the sharing of healthcare patient information/signal.

Lead department: School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (in collaboration with the School of Health and Social Care)

Closing date: 30 January 2020