This is only available to young students studying at a UK institution outside Scotland . Most school leavers will be classed as 'young' and even if you haven't left school recently, you may be eligible for this bursary. The amount available will depend on the level of your household income as shown in the table below .
You will be eligible if you meet all of the following conditions.
- You are eligible for help with your tuition fees.
- Your course started in 2002-2003 to 2005-2006, or you returned to your studies in these sessions after a break of a year or more.
- You are studying at a UK institution outside Scotland.
- You are or were under 25 before the first day of the first academic year of your course*.
- You are taking a full-time course of higher education (HNC, HND, degree or an equivalent course).
*If you are married, in a civil partnership or you live with a partner, and you do not have a child that is dependant on you, you will not be eligible to receive the bursary.
All students, regardless of their status, who are or were under 25 on the first day of the first academic year of their course, who have a child that is dependant on them, can apply for the bursary.
If you have received support from UK public funds for a course of higher education before or you have to repeat a year of your course, you may not be eligible for the bursary. Also, if your course requires you to undertake a period of paid placement, you will not be able to claim the Young Students' Outside Scotland Bursary during this time. Contact us for more details.
We pay the bursary on top of any loan you are entitled to. We will pay you the highest amount of £590 a year if your family income is £17,835 or less a year. The bursary will go down to £468 a year for a family income of £18,535 and then down to zero for a family income over £21,210.
If your family has an income over £21,210 a year, your living-cost support will be entirely through a student loan. The amount of loan available will go down as your family income goes up.
If you receive the Young Students' Outside Scotland Bursary and you get married, enter into a civil partnership agreement or move in with a partner during your course, you will continue to be eligible to receive the Young Students' Outside Scotland Bursary. From the academic year following the date of your marriage, civil partnership agreement or when you move in with someone, the amount of Young Students' Outside Scotland Bursary you receive will depend on your husband's, wife's, civil partner's or partner's income rather than your parents' income. If you are single and turn 25 during your course you will receive the maximum Young Students' Outside Scotland Bursary from the following academic year as long as you do not have a break in study of one year or more.
Level of Young Students' Outside Scotland Bursary
By taking the level of your family's income and looking across the table below, you should be able to work out how much bursary you will receive.
| Income £ |
Bursary £ |
Income £ |
Bursary £ |
Income £ |
Bursary £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17,000 | 590 | 18,535 | 468 | 20,035 | 205 |
| 17,500 | 590 | 19,035 | 380 | 20,535 | 118 |
| 18,035 | 555 | 19,535 | 293 | 21,310 | 0 |