Bursary & Student Loan?

So there's no more maintenance grants available if you start your course from '16, but they've upped the Student Loans.

I'm just wondering whether as a nursing student you can receive/apply for both the loan and the bursary? Or is it just one or the other?

Thanks in advance.

So there's no more maintenance grants available if you start your course from '16, but they've upped the Student Loans.

I'm just wondering whether as a nursing student you can receive/apply for both the loan and the bursary? Or is it just one or the other?

Thanks in advance.

I don't believe it will have much affect on Nursing students as they receive additional loans from Student Finance England if they choose to, not a grant. Although the figure itself may change. Claireestelle pretty much summed it up! I wonder if it will go up, though? (the loan from SFE for Nursing students)?

We don't receive any additional loans from SFE, the maximum we are eligible to (With ANY circumstances) is roughly £2300 a year. The reason for this is because SFE see fit to give nursing students less because we receive money from the NHS, however this is not always a lot. I only received £3300 per year in support from SFE & NHS combined. The rest had to come from my (very lovely & generous) parents.

That's what I meant; it's a reduced loan from SFE, but a loan nonetheless. So the new scheme of 'no grants' wouldn't be applicable to NHS-based students as like you said, they get an amount from NHS as well.

That's quite low! Are you living at home/commuting whilst at University?

I'm afraid you did say in your original post that student nurses receive additional loans, (Which is not the case) even if you didn't mean to say that. But lets not fall out over what was probably a bit of miscommunication!

No, I lived away from home while I was at university (I'm a qualified nurse now)

That's great - have you recently qualified?