- This document provides information about eligibility for NHS student grants for nursing and midwifery programs at Liverpool John Moores University. - To qualify for NHS funding (tuition fees and bursary), students must meet UK residency criteria including being ordinarily resident in the UK for the past 3 years and having settled status. - Exceptions and exemptions to the eligibility criteria include refugees, those granted exceptional leave to remain in the UK, and some students who had applied to programs prior to certain dates.

1. NHS student grants
Guidance notes to students
All Offers of a Nursing or Midwifery BA (Hons) or Diploma of Higher although they do not qualify as a refugee, they have been
Education (DipHE) place at Liverpool John Moores University are granted exceptional leave to enter or remain (ELE/ELR) in the UK,
subject to applicants meeting current UK residence conditions as their spouses, children or step-children. From 1st April 2003
detailed in the NHS Bursary Scheme. If you do not meet the defined ELE/ELR was withdrawn and replaced with Humanitarian
criteria, you will not qualify for NHS funded support (tuition fees and Protection, Discretionary Leave and Leave Outside the Rules.
bursary) and will not be able to take up the offer of a place. The EEA migrant workers, their spouses and children.
University is unable to accept self-funded students on any of the
EU nationals and their children who are applying for tuition
mentioned programmes.
support only.
This information leaflet is designed to give you basic up to date
Exemptions
information about eligibility and about the Bursary Scheme in
general, it is not intended as an authoritive guide to the Scheme. Certain students applying for DipHE Nursing & Midwifery courses
Most applicants should be able to determine eligibility from the may be exempt from the eligibility criteria, providing they can
information provided. This leaflet also provides answers to other provide the necessary proof. In general terms, these are students
common questions we receive about bursaries. who made an application through NMAS, or had applied directly to a
Higher Education Institution by 8th May 2001 (the date the changes
Do you Meet the Residency Criteria?
to the NHS Bursary Scheme were announced).
On the first day of the first academic year of the course you must:
Also exempt are students attending, or who had applied to a FE
Have been ordinarily resident in the British Islands, i.e. the college by 31st December 2001 to enrol on one of the following
United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, courses:
throughout the preceding 3 years, and
Access to Nursing
Have settled status in the UK, i.e. England, Wales, Scotland and
NVQ Levels 2/3 in Care
Northern Ireland, within the meaning of the Immigration Act
GNVQ Advanced Health & Social Care Sciences
1971, and
AVCE Health & Social Care
Be ordinarily resident in any UK country (this excludes residents
of Channel Islands and Isle of Man because they are not
What Happens Next?
ordinarily resident in any UK country on the first day of the first
academic year of the course). If you meet the residency criteria, you can apply for our DipHE
courses via the Nursing & Midwifery Admissions Service (NMAS) or
If you don’t meet these conditions you are not entitled to any NHS
our BA (Hons) programmes via Universities & Colleges Admissions
funded support unless you fall within the Exceptions or Exemptions
Service (UCAS). If there is uncertainty about your residency status,
detailed within this leaflet.
your application might be rejected by us. If this does happen, please
Definitions contact us directly and providing you can give evidence that you are
eligible and you meet our standard entrance criteria, we will review
ORDINARY RESIDENCE defined as habitual and normal residence
your application.
and for a settled purpose throughout the prescribed period, apart
from temporary or occasional absences of the applicant or his/her If you are offered a place to study, it will be subject to your Bursary
spouse or parent. Application being approved by the NHS Student Grants Unit. We will
inform the Unit of your offer of a place and within 20 working days
SETTLED STATUS means a person is ordinarily resident in the UK
of their receiving the notification, they will send you an Application
without being subject under the immigration laws to any restriction
Form. It is essential that you fully complete this form and provide all
on the period for which s/he may remain in the UK.
of the information they request, which may include your Birth
This applies to:
Certificate and other proof of residence / identity. The majority of
A BRITISH CITIZEN – British citizens are not subject to any applications that are not processed quickly are due to omitted
restriction on their length of stay in the UK. Evidence of British information on the application form or failure to send the correct
citizenship may be established by a UK birth certificate or a information that is requested, or failure to sign the application form.
British Passport.
All returned application forms are screened by the Student Grants
A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED INDEFINITE LEAVE TO Unit for residency testing and if applicable, are forwarded to the
ENTER OR REMAIN (ILE/ILR). The immigration status of such Residency Adjudication team, who will decide whether or not to
applicants may be established or verified by reference to the accept or refuse the application, or to request further information. If
stamps on passports or travelling documents. an application is refused, both the applicant and university are
notified straight away.
Exceptions
There are exceptions to the settled status requirement, as follows: How is my Bursary Calculated?
Refugees, their spouses, children or step-children. Asylum Not every student will be eligible for a personal bursary. For
seekers without refugee status are not eligible unless they are: example, you may be eligible to have your fees paid if you are an EU
Persons who have been informed by the Home Office that National who is exercising the right to study in the UK but you will

2. not necessarily receive a Bursary. Unfortunately, until you receive an I began nurse training a few years ago but didn’t
offer to study on a course, the unit will not be able to advise you on complete. I’ve decided I still want to become a nurse,
this as they must have an application form and all of the relevant will I be able to receive funding?
information from you before being able to make a decision.
Yes, you can receive funding again but this University will want to
If you are entitled, the amount you receive will depend on the course know the reasons why you stopped your training and ensure that
you apply for and your circumstances. The BA (Hons) Bursary is you demonstrate (if invited to interview) both the ability and
means-tested and consists of a basic grant and other appropriate commitment to complete training. It may also be possible to APEL
allowances for (for example) dependants, single parents, mature (Accredited Prior Educational Learning) part of the course so that you
students. Degree students are also able to apply for student loans do not have to repeat it all again but to do this you must have
(providing you have completed your Local Education Authority Grant successfully completed the Common Foundation Programme.
Application forms before the programme commences. This form is
primarily for fees payment and although your fees will be paid by the
NHS you will not receive a student loan at any point in the programme
unless it is completed before commencement to the course).
The DipHE Bursary is non-means tested and consists of a set basic
award plus allowances for those with dependants, single parents
and mature students (26 and over). The Student Grants Unit also
offers a Disabled Students Allowance. All students are eligible for
travel expenses when on placement – based on the difference of
travelling from their term time address to university and to their
placement - where the amount is greater to the placement.
Further information about current rates are available in a Department
of Health publication called ‘Financial Help for Healthcare Students’
available by calling 08701 555 455 and requesting publication 32059.
The full document is also available online at www.doh.gov.uk/hcsmain.htm
Childcare Allowance
From 1st September 2004, students in receipt of an NHS funded
Bursary will be able to apply for extra help with registered and
approved childcare costs. This allowance will be paid as a
supplement to the existing NHS funded Bursary. 85% of actual
childcare costs could be met helping those students who have
dependent children and a low household income. Further
information about this allowance is available in a Question / Answer
document at the Bursary Units website: www.nhspa.gov.uk
All students who have been offered a place will receive a Childcare
application in their NHS Bursary application pack.
When do I receive my Bursary?
Normally within six days of starting your course you will receive your
first Bursary cheque via the University but that depends on you
having completed your forms correctly and sending all of the
information the unit need to make their decision. This payment
covers two months. You will then receive a payment directly into
your bank account on the third Friday of each month. Because the
cheque covers two months, students will not receive any bursary in
their final month of training.
What should I do if I have a problem regarding my
Bursary payments?
The university is unable to contact the Student Grants Unit and
discuss your individual case on your behalf as they are unable to
disclose your personal information to us so students must contact
the unit themselves. At certain times of the year it can be very
difficult to contact them because of the amount of applications that
they deal with which is why it is important that you provide full
details with your initial application, to avoid any delays.
Bursary Allowances for Part-time Courses
If the University offers a part-time course, the bursary is calculated
on how many years it will take to complete. Therefore, if the
planned part-time course will take five years to complete, a
calculation will be applied so that you will receive a pro-rata amount
per month for the five years based on what the normal payments
would be if you were training on a standard 36-month programme.
If, after two years part-time training (for example), there is an
opportunity for you to complete the remainder of the course within
two years at full-time, your payment would be altered accordingly,
again based on the date you are due to complete.
I am a trained Mental Health nurse but now want to
train as an Adult nurse. Will I receive funding?
Once you are a qualified nurse you will not be able to receive further
funding for pre-registration nursing courses.