Fees and Finance: Full Time Pre-Registration Health Students 2012/13
Please note, this information is for prospective UK students joining programmes in our pre-registration professional portfolio in September 2012 and April 2013. This includes BSc (Hons) awards in nursing, combined nursing and social work programmes, midwifery, and operating department practice. We also offer a DipHE Paramedic Practice.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees for pre-registration nursing and midwifery, BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice, BSc (Hons) Children's Nursing and Social Work and BSc (Hons) Learning Disabilities Nursing and Social Work students will be paid by the Department of Health.
Tuition fees for DipHE Paramedic Practice students will be paid by the Strategic Health Authority.
Maintenance Loan
UK students joining any of the courses in our pre-registration professional portfolio, excluding DipHE Paramedic Practice, can apply for a non-means-tested maintenance loan to help with living expenses. The amount you are entitled to depends on whether you will be living at home or elsewhere while at University.
The maximum maintenance loan amount for the first two years of a pre-registration course is £1,744pa for students living at home with their parents and £2,324pa for those living elsewhere. For year 3 the maximum loan amount is £1,324pa for students living at home with their parents and £1,811pa for those living elsewhere.
You pay the money back through the tax system after you graduate although repayments will only start when you are earning at least £21,000pa.
Students joining DipHE Paramedic Practice will not be entitled to a maintenance loan.
Maintenance Grant
Non-means-tested maintenance grants of £1,000pa are available for UK students joining any of the courses in our pre-registration professional portfolio, excluding DipHE Paramedic Practice.
Students joining DipHE Paramedic Practice will not be entitled to a maintenance grant.
Bursaries
UK students joining any of the courses in our pre-registration professional portfolio, excluding DipHE Paramedic Practice, can apply for an NHS means-tested bursary. Up to £3,351pa is available for students living at home with their parents and up to £4,395pa is available for students living elsewhere.
UK students joining DipHE Paramedic Practice are eligible for a non-income assessed bursary of £6,701pa. Bursaries for DipHE Paramedic Practice students are administered by Edge Hill University, not the NHS Business Services Authority.
In addition to the basic bursary, UK pre-registration students (including those on DipHE Paramedic Practice), can apply for a number of additional allowances if they meet specific criteria. These allowances provide support to disabled students and additional support for students with dependent adults and children. Students can also claim help with travel costs to their placements, if they incur additional costs to those incurred when travelling to university.
BA (Hons) Social Work
Please note, the above information does not apply to our BA (Hons) Social Work programme. The fees and financial support arrangements for this programme are as outlined for full-time undergraduate degrees on www.edgehill.ac.uk/undergradfees2012.
Deferred Entry
Please note, for students deferring entry to Edge Hill University, the tuition fee and financial support arrangements applicable are those which prevail in the year of entry and not the time of an offer or acceptance of a place.
EU Students
EU students should contact the NHS Business Services Authority directly for clarification on arrangements for programmes in our pre-registration professional portfolio.
For general information on the financial support available to EU students, visit www.ukcisa.org.uk.
Overseas Students
See www.edgehill.ac.uk/internationalfees2012 for information on tuition fees for international students in academic year 2012/13.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about tuition fees or financial support arrangements, please contact the Student Financial Support Team on 01695 657250 or email financialadviceteam@edgehill.ac.uk.
