5. Nursing and midwifery students

Nursing and midwifery students may be able to get a bursary and grants for living costs. Application forms are available from the Student Awards Agency Scotland (see Appendix 2).

A nursing and midwifery discretionary fund is also available.

Bursary

If you are a nursing or midwifery diploma or degree student starting your course in autumn 2020, you can get a non-means-tested nursing and midwifery bursary of £10,000. In the first year, an extra £60 initial expenses allowance is paid. In the fourth year, the bursary is reduced to 75 per cent.

Grants for living costs

The following grants are available for your living costs:

•means-tested dependants’ allowance for a spouse, civil partner, partner, adult you have legal responsibility for who has a low income, or dependent child(ren). The allowance is £3,640 for an adult or first child, and £577 for each subsequent child (including a first child if the £3,640 is paid for an adult). Note: support for children is still included in nursing and midwifery bursaries, even though it has been abolished for other undergraduates;
•single parents’ allowance of £2,303 if you are single, widowed, divorced or separated and bringing up children on your own;
•childcare allowance of up to £2,466 if you pay for registered or formal childcare;
•disabled students’ allowance (see here);
•travel expenses and ‘reasonable accommodation costs’ for placements.