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Overview

The number of Bursaries the University is allocated by the SSSC each year is limited and unfortunately, we are not allocated as many Bursaries as we offer places on the course. Consequently, applicants with the strongest application will be nominated for the bursary first.  Applicants who are not nominated for the Bursary will be placed on a waiting list. 

The overall Bursary consists of various allowances and are intended as a contribution towards the costs of study:

• Tuition fees - the maximum contribution the Postgraduate Bursary Scheme is approved to pay towards course fees this academic year is £3,415. The maximum amount does not cover the full fees for the course so it is the applicants responsibility to cover the short fall. The contribution towards fees is paid directly to ºìÐÓÊÓƵ on your (the student’s) behalf.
• Means-tested grant and means-tested allowances (connected to dependants in the family). The Means-tested grant allowance is assessed using students’ unearned income; husband’s/wife's/civil partner’s income; or if a student is under 25 on the relevant date, we will take into account parental income, where applicable. The dependants allowances are assessed using a co-habitee’s income.
• Placement Travel Expenses: all eligible students will receive a Practice Learning Support Grant which provides students with a grant of £750 to support them whilst attending practice placement.

The minimum an eligible student could be awarded each year would be the £3,415 towards the fees, and the Practice Learning Support Grant.

As a guide: if they are nominated and eligible, a single person over 25, living in their own home, could be awarded the £3,415 towards the fees, the £750 Practice Learning Support Grant, and be eligible for the means tested maintenance allowance.

If you have studied a Postgraduate course previously and received public funding for this within the previous year, the SSSC will require further information if you are nominated, as this may also affect your eligibility.

Important: The Bursary is dependent on your registration with the SSSC Registry. In any case, if you have received an offer of a place on the MSc Social Work course in Scotland you must apply for registration as your course also depends on this. For further information:

or call the SSSC Registry on +44 (0) 345 6030891