Payment without loans
The Higher Education bursary is available to a limited number of students studying a Degree Level programme at Merrist Wood College. Students must meet the following eligibility criteria:
a) Be on the first year of a foundation degree, honours degree, HNC or HND programme
b) Full-time learners must be in receipt of the full maintenance loan or
c) Part-time learners must provide evidence of family income under £25,000 or
d) Students who studied their Level 3 programme at Guildford College, Merrist Wood College or Farnham Sixth Form College who have progressed on to one of the programmes above must provide evidence that they are in receipt of the full maintenance loan and have a family income of less than £42,620.
Students who have received the bursary before are not eligible.
BURSARIES AND SUPPORT FUNDS
Activate Learning have made available for eligible HE students to apply for.
BURSARIES
Higher Education Bursary
The Higher Education bursary is available to a limited number of students studying a degree level programme at Guildford College or Merrist Wood College. For more information or to download an application form visit this page: Higher Education Bursary: Guildford/Merrist Wood.
Higher Education bursary application form
Care Leavers / Estranged Student Bursary
We are dedicated to supporting HE students who have been in care prior to coming to study with us. This bursary is available to care leavers studying on HE courses as well as HE students who are estranged from their family. For more information please contact he@activatelearning.ac.uk
Higher Education Work Experience Bursary
Based on student feedback, we have introduced this bursary to help support current, registered, full-time HE undergraduate students on either the FdSc or BSc programmes based at Merrist Wood. This offers these students financial support enabling them to take up work experience or placements. . For more information please contact he@activatelearning.ac.uk.
Work experience bursary application form
Higher Education Study Bursary
This is available to students who require financial support to support specific aspects of their studies this could include but is not limited to travel arrangements for an event or project directly linked to their course of study ie such as field trips, off-site research etc; purchasing IT equipment/software; or accessing journal articles. A bursary of up to £500 is available.
Higher Education study bursary application form
SUPPORT FUND
Higher Education Support Fund
This is a fund granted to provide financial assistance quickly to students in times of unforeseen financial difficulty. Up to £250 will be granted on any one occasion. We also offer additional support on managing money if you would like advice.
Higher Education support fund application form
If you are on a university franchised HE course, you should approach your relevant awarding Higher Education Institution for information regarding bursaries.
If you want to find out more about any of these schemes, please email: he@activatelearning.ac.uk.
Financial information
If you are a new student, or you need any further advice, visit the government’s student finance website.
If you have any other questions, contact us for up to date tuition fee information.
Please note tuition fees may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by the government.