To be eligible to apply for support, you must meet our residence conditions as set out in the The Nursing and Midwifery Student Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (as amended).
If you have previously received public funds for one or more courses of further or higher education, you can still receive the full support package available under the Nursing and Midwifery Student Bursary (NMSB) scheme.
To meet our residence conditions. You must have been 'ordinarily resident' in the UK , the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for three years immediately before the relevant date (the first day of the first academic year of the course).
'Ordinarily resident' has been defined in the courts as 'habitual and normal residence in one place'. It means that you, your parents or your husband or wife live in a country year after year by choice, apart from temporary or occasional absences such as holidays or business trips. Living in the UK totally or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education does not count as being ordinarily resident.
If you are not a UK or other national, you must also have been settled in the UK (as set out in the Immigration Act 1971) on the relevant date . To find out about getting settled status, you can visit the Home office website or call their helpline on 0970 6067766.
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Relevant date
The exact dates depend on when your course starts.
The dates for session 2008-2009 are as follows.
- 1 August 2008 for courses that start between 1 August and 31 Dec 2008 .
- 1 January 2009 for courses that start between 1 January and 31 March 2009 .
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Our advice to anyone who is not a UK national, or who has been out of the country other than on holiday or on business trips, is to contact us for advice before applying for student support.
If you do not meet the conditions set out above, support may still be available to:
- UK nationals and family members of such nationals returning from other member states of the European Union (EU) or from elsewhere in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland;
- UK nationals who were born in and have spent the greater part of their life in the UK;
- UK nationals returning from employment or study outside the EEA or Switzerland;
- nationals of EEA countries (Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein) who have been granted permanent residence in the UK , and their husbands, wives or civil partners and children or stepchildren.
- nationals and family members of nationals of other EU member states, and Iceland , Norway , Liechtenstein and Switzerland , who have migrant worker or self-employed status in the UK ;
- nationals and family members of nationals of other EU member states, and Iceland , Norway , Liechtenstein and Switzerland , who have frontier worker or frontier self-employed status in the UK ;
- people recognised as refugees by the British Government, and their husbands, wives or civil partners and children or stepchildren;
- people who have been granted 'exceptional leave to enter or remain'; 'humanitarian protection' or 'discretionary leave' in the UK and their husbands, wives or civil partners and children or stepchildren;
- anyone who is under the age of 18 and has been granted temporary protection
- anyone who is the child of a Swiss national.
- anyone who is the child of a Turkish worker.
- young asylum seekers.
The residence eligibility conditions are complicated. If you are in any doubt about your residence eligibility status, you should contact us for advice.