Essex Futures Bursary

The bursary value will depend on household income, to comprise the following:

Up to £25,000 - £1,000 cash bursary or £2,000 applied as a credit against your university owned or administered accommodation fees

£25,001 - £30,000 - £1,500 applied as a credit against your university owned or administered accommodation fees

£30,001 - £35,000 - £1,000 applied as a credit against your university owned or administered accommodation fees

Eligibility

This bursary is restricted to students who are UK home fees and are entirely self-funded.

Students must be ordinarily resident (see below for the definition of ordinary residence) in the UK.

Students must register for the foundation year (Year 0) or the first year (Year1) of a full-time undergraduate degree for the first time at the University of Essex in October..

Students must have applied for and have been approved for funding from Student Finance England (or other UK funding provider) with the University of Essex as your chosen institution. You must have requested a means-tested assessment for funding to Student Finance England, with consent to be shared with University of Essex and have been assessed as having an annual household within the thresholds stated in the table above.

To receive the accommodation credit component of the award, students must have applied for, and accepted, a place in university owned or administered accommodation for the academic year.

If students become eligible during the year due to your Household Income being assessed or reassessed, they will be entitled to the bursary for that academic year.

Applicants must meet our standard conditional offer. This includes if you are applying through the Clearing process.