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.

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship from October 2020 for three years (full time study). The PhD studentship is linked to the Population Evidence and Data Science Theme of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East of England (EoE).

The Population Evidence and Data Science theme will extend and enhance the application of, the evidence base on the use of data to understand population health needs and outcomes.

Department: School of Health and Social Care or Institute for Social and Economic Research

Closing date: 5 June 2020

The project for this PhD studentship will be concerned with developing inclusive understandings of health and social care through the involvement of service users, the public and wider communities through the collection and implementation of high-quality research evidence.

It is anticipated that the research will contribute to the ongoing development of Public and Community Involvement Engagement and Participation (PCIEP) within the health and social care sector.

Department: School of Health and Social Care

Closing date: 5 June 2020