Applying for funding
To apply for your Further Education Bursary, EMA, Childcare or Discretionary Hardship Funds, you must have first:
- Accepted your unconditional offer of a place on the course
- Received an email with your login and password
You can also read our guide for help with How to apply for your funding
Once you have completed your application to the college for funding you will be able to track its progress through your online student hub account and access any letters about your award. Your student hub account will be your central point for your college life, offering you many services and tools including funding. If an award has been made, then the award letter will tell you how much you have been awarded and when the payments will be made. You will have a separate letter for each fund. EMA and Bursary payments are made fortnightly in arrears, while Childcare and Discretionary payments are made monthly in arrears. Please note EMA, travel and childcare payments are NOT paid for college holidays.
Please be aware that to receive any kind of funding you will be required to upload documentary evidence to your student hub to support your application. Delays in uploading evidence will result in a delay in any payments due to you.
Please note: If you do not supply all requested documentation within 6 weeks of competing your funding application it may be withdrawn.
You can also ready our guide to help with How to Upload Documents for Funding
Check the status of your funding application via the student hub
Check the status of your funding application via the student hub
You should log in to your Student Hub and check the status of your applications regularly.
Information provided will include:
- Who to contact and how
- Complete and follow the progress of your application
- View what documents you need to submit
- Download forms that may be requested for your application
- View and print your award letters
- How your award is calculated
- View and print the Terms and Conditions or your award
- Submit an Appeal and request a Re-assessment– this allows you to appeal the funding decision or inform staff of any changes to circumstances that may mean a re-assessment of circumstances.