Nursing and midwifery students
Full-time pre-registration nursing and direct-entry midwifery students taking up a commissioned DoH place on a course leading to entry on the Nursing and Midwifery Council register can receive a bursary while undertaking the course. Students receiving a bursary do not pay tuition fees, but are not eligible for support from Student Finance NI. They can apply for discretionary help from their institution’s support funds. Contact your students’ union or advice centre for more details. You apply for a bursary via the Bursary Administration Unit, part of the Business Services Organisation at the DoH (see Appendix 2).
Both schemes comprise a non-means-tested basic rate, additional means-tested allowances, and travel expenses for costs incurred while on clinical placements. Disabled students’ allowances are also payable, where appropriate, at the same rate as for other higher education students (see
here). The rates are set annually.
Bursary rates 2021/22
Basic award | £5,165 |
Partner or other adult dependant (or first child if no other dependant) | £2,389 |
Each subsequent child | £567 |
Parents’ learning allowance (you must receive a dependants’ addition to qualify for this) | £1,125 |
Contribution to childcare | Up to £1,250 |