Swansea University offers additional support for Care Leavers, Estranged Students and Student Carers, each has a bursary available for eligible students to receive as an additional aspect of support.
The first instalment of the bursaries will be made once an application has been approved.
The second instalment is scheduled for May.
Payment dates are non-negotiable.
All initial enquiries regarding accessing available support for Care Experienced Students should be made to Participation Team. To find out further information of the support offered to Care Experienced Students and how to contact Participation Team, please follow this link: Being Care Experienced
The Care Experienced Bursary is available to all eligible ‘home’ students, studying full time and part time on an undergraduate or postgraduate degree programme. We offer a Care Experienced bursary in each year of study to undergraduate students. Bursary amounts to be confirmed for the academic year 25/26.
Postgraduate, PhD students and students completing a second degree (including GEM and PGCE) are eligible to receive a postgraduate Care Leaver bursary. Bursary amounts to be confirmed for the academic year 25/26.
Terms & conditions apply and available on request.
All initial enquiries regarding accessing available support for estranged students should be made to Participation Team. To find out further information of the support offered to estranged students and how to contact Participation Team, please follow this link: Being Estranged From Your Family
The Estranged Student Bursary is available to all eligible ‘home’ students, studying full time and part time on taught undergraduate degree programme. We offer an Estranged Student Bursary, which is split into 2 payments each academic year. Part-time students will receive a pro-rata payment in each year of study of their undergraduate course. Bursary amounts to be confirmed for the academic year 25/26.
Postgraduate, PhD students and students completing a second degree (including GEM and PGCE) are not eligible to receive the bursary, but may be granted priority access to Money Advice team Hardship Funds.
Terms & conditions apply and available on request
All initial enquiries regarding accessing available support for carers should be made to Participation Team. To find out further information of the support offered to Student Carers and how to contact Participation Team, please follow this link: Being a Student Carer
We offer a bursary for Student Carers in each year of study to undergraduate students, which is split into two payments throughout the academic year. Part-time students will receive a pro-rata payment in each year of study of their undergraduate course.
Postgraduate, PhD students and students completing a second degree (including GEM and PGCE) are eligible to receive a postgraduate Student Carers bursary per course for full-time students and part-time students.
Bursary amounts to be confirmed for the academic year 25/26.
Terms & conditions apply and available on request
If you do not fall within any of these groups but feel you have specific considerations that may require financial support*, please get in touch with hardshipfunds@swansea.ac.uk
Please also see the link below for further information regarding the hardship funds:
*Financial support is not guaranteed.
The Money Advice team is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all its practices and activities. We welcome applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including skin colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion and belief, gender, sexual orientation.
