Grant for course costs: pre-2018 cohort students

If your course started in the 2017/18 academic year or earlier, a grant for course costs of up to £1,155 is available to students from low-income backgrounds to help with the costs of books, equipment and travel.1Regs 85 and 87 E(SS)(W) Regs 2017 You must be studying a course that is at least 50 per cent intensity of a full-time course – ie, it takes no longer than twice the time of the equivalent full-time course to complete. The exact amount you receive depends on your household income (see here). This grant is not available to EU students. It does not affect your entitlement to means-tested benefits.