Healthcare
Would you like to study for one of these careers?
Dietician; Mental Health Practitioner; Midwife;
Nurse; Occupational Therapist; Operating Department Practitioner;
Physiotherapist; Podiatrist; Radiographer;
Speech and Language Therapist
For courses that lead you to qualify as any of the above, you receive:
| Your tuition fees paid by the NHS |
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A non-repayable NHS bursary |
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A great career in healthcare with no huge debts when you finish your course |
So, no huge debts when you finish and the chance to enter the NHS at a much higher grade, with a much higher salary after just 3 years of study!
Full-time Honours degree courses
If you study on an NHS-funded degree course, you will benefit from the following financial help:
- Tuition fees paid in full
- A means-tested NHS bursary of up to £2,810 per year*
- A partial Maintenance Loan through Student Finance England
(This help replaces the Maintenance Grant and Tuition Fee Loan from the government).
Diploma of Higher Education courses
If you study on an NHS-funded Diploma of Higher Education (for example, a Nursing DipHE), you will benefit from the following financial help:
- Tuition fees paid in full
- A non means-tested NHS bursary of up to £6,701 per year*
(This help replaces the Maintenance Loan, Maintenance Grant and Tuition Fee Loan from the government).
*The financial support mentioned in these pages is for the 2009/10 academic year and is subject to eligibility.
Students on NHS-funded courses are not eligible for Tuition Fee Loans or Maintenance Grants as financial support is provided in other ways.