Student Finance & NHS Bursary questions

Hello, I'll be starting a Nursing course in September at Leeds Met and the tuition fees are funded by the NHS, but I'm getting really confused with my Student Finance and my Bursary from the NHS.
My nursing course is degree course, not the diploma one, but will my bursary be income-assessed or non income-assessed??

Also, on the NHS website bursary calculator, if I select the first option of 'Diploma HE Nursing / Midwifery or ODP', the bursary comes to almost £7k, but if I select 'Other Health Professional', it comes to about £3k. Why is that?

I live with my mum, also. Will my bursary be depedent on her income if it's income-assessed or will it depend on mine? I'm currently doing volunteer work but I'm not in a full or part time job.

Will applying for a NHS bursary affect anything on my student finance? Should I complete my student finance after I've gotten a figure from the NHS?

Hello!

I am also really confused/pannicking.

I have a conditional offer for a nursing degree course and am trying to sort out my student finance. The fees for the course are paid for by the NHS, does anyone know how i sort this out though ? Like i have been trying to sort it out through student finance but its not recognising my course and im wandering whether i am supposed to be doing it another way ?! If anyone could make this any less complicated than im making it id be very greatful Thanks

You apply for the student loan through Student Finance, but the tuition fees are paid automatically, so you don't need to worry about that.

Thankyou SO much! So i dont need to take out a loan to cover the fees as they are automatically paid? But what i do need to do is take out a maintenance loan ? Also, do you know how you sort out a bursary ? Thanks

As you're entitled to a bursary, you can only get the non-means tested portion of the student loan, so it's a lot easier to apply for (no sending in evidence etc.). Go to this page and create an account (if you haven't already) and follow the instructions to apply for finance.

When you receive your Customer Reference Number from the NHS in the post, download the 2011/2012 NHS bursary form from here. It won't be published until May-June time, so keep checking the page for the form.

Hope that helps.

Being eligible for a NHS bursary means that you aren't eligible for a SF maintenance grant, and can only receive a reduced portion of the non-income assessed student loan, as I previously mentioned.

Hi, I am doing radiography next year and I was just wondering what to do. I don't think i will be eligible for the NHS bursary, so when completing my student finance can i put no (where it says am i eligible) and receive more loan?

Thankss

Does anyone know what the threshold is for applying for the nhs bursary? Like if my folks earn a certain amount of money that I'm not eligible for the bursay, that's what I'm meaning.