University Advice & Information

Financial Support staff are available to offer advice and information on all aspects of student finance including university scholarships and bursaries and Government student loans.  Students may apply for support funds such as the Access to Learning Fund through these offices:

• Bristol

• Cambridge

• Edinburgh

• Glasgow

• Nottingham

• Liverpool

• London

  • RVC Student Finance home

  • RVC fees and financial support

Student Loan Information

• Student Loans Company

Tel: 0800 40 50 10

• Moneysavingexpert.com/Student Loans

• Directgov/Student Finance

National Educational Information

England & Wales

Department for education home page

Wales – 0845 602 8845

Student Finance Wales

Scotland

Student Awards Agency for Scotland

Scotland - 0131 476 8212

Northern Ireland

Student support branch of the Department for Education & Learning

Student Finance Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland - 028 9025 7710

Non-UK, EU Students 

Finance for students from other EU countries

Non-UK, EU Students - 01325 391199   

International Students

The UK Council for International Student Affairs provides detailed information on welfare benefits, tax credits and other sources of financial support for international students on the UKCISA Website

Sources of Funding for International Students

EEA and Swiss students

Working During Your Studies

Student support from LEA's

Educational Grants & Charities

Searchable Databases

• Education UK : You can search for scholarships on this database by subject, level of course, type of award and your country of residence. 

• Student Cashpoint : Covers student grants, loans, bursaries, scholarships and award.  The funding search and grant alerts options are particularly helpful. 

• Turn2Us : Database of educational grants along with advice on benefits. 

• Know UK : Amongst many other sources of information, the database contains The Educational Grants Directory and A Guide to Grants for Individuals in Need.

• Student Money Scholarship Search : Searchable database for scholarships for undergraduate scholarships and grants offered to academic institutions, commercial organisations and charitable trusts.

• Institute for Animal Health (postgraduate and research initiatives).  

• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (postgraduate and research initiatives).

Charitable Organisations

• Family-Action : Large programme of educational grants to both UK and international students

• Professionals Aid Council : Small grants to veterinary students in the final two years of their course

• Richard Stapley Educational Grant: Grants are awarded for one year only

• Richard Reeve's Foundation: Grants to students with a connection to Camden, Islington and the City

• National Union of Students (NUS)

Career Development Loans

• DirectGov : For those studying veterinary science as a second degree 

General Financial Advice & Information

Citizens Advice Bureaux

• www.citizensadvice.org.uk (or in Scotlandwww.cas.org.uk)

• www.adviceguide.org.uk Online information about many subjects, including debt management.

Moneysavingexpert.com (really useful for managing money and debt)

• Moneysavingexpert.com home page

• Debt Help Plan

• Good Debt, Bad Debt (You Tube film)

• Student Loans

• Student Money-Saving

• Top Student Bank Accounts 2011/12

• Budget Planner

• The Demotivator (stops you spending)

Moneysupermarket.com (for all sorts of savings)

moneysupermarket.com home page

Uswitch (for utility bills)

Uswitch home page

Tax Credit Information (Inland Revenue) – 0845 300 3900

Inland Revenue

Credit Action – the National Money Education Charity

• Credit Action Home Page– Credit Action offer a range of resources, tools and training to help everyone handle their money well and also to help others to do so.

• Download the charity Credit Action's Budget Builder– an online interactive budgeting tool that allows you to manage your income and expenditure.

• Moneymanuals – a range of downloadable manuals covering topics such as Dealing with Debt, Redundancy, Savings & Investments, Students – and even one which helps you think about money!

MoneyBasics – a branch of Credit Action above

• MoneyBasics home page – a range of calculators, advice guides, downloads, case studies etc to help you handle your money. A very large range of resources here written in clear English.

• MoneyBasics spendometer – a downloadable application for mobile phones which helps you keep track of your expenditure.

TheSite.org

• TheSite.org home page – this is a brilliant support site for young adults across a wide range of topics.

• See their Manage your money well page.

Royal Medical Benevolent Fund

We are very grateful for much of the material on these student finance pages www.money4medstudents.org.

Make Savings On…

Phones & Broadband

• Onecompare (mobile phones) – onecompare home page

• Broadband.co.uk (broadband deals for the UK) – broadband.co.uk home page

• Cheap phone cards – bestvaluecard.com home page

• Skype – Skype home page

Books & Stuff

• Sell student stuff – Sell student stuff home page

• Student book auction – www.studentbooks.co.uk

• Amazon UK – www.amazon.co.uk

• eBay UK – www.ebay.co.uk

Travel

• National Express – National Express

• National Rail – National Rail

• The Trainline (cheap tickets) – Trainline

• Megabus – Megabus website

• Transport for London

• Transport for London website

• Student Discount Oyster card

Health Costs

NHS

• NHS Choices website

• Help with Health Costs

• NHS Low Income Scheme

• Student specific FAQs

• Prescription Prepayment Certificates

Social Development Website

Download form HC 1 (apply for help with health and health travel related costs)

Northern Ireland Central Services Agency

Central Services agency website

Directgov

Directgov Help with Health Costs webpage

Offers and deals

• www.studentbeans.com - new self-styled online provider of deals and discounts for students. Sign up for an account and print off personalised discount vouchers for entertainment, dining out and more.

• www.vouchercodes.co.uk - free voucher codes and exclusive discounts.

• www.stuwd.com - a free student only service that sends subscribers twice-weekly offers via text message.

• The National Union of Students Extra card offers students cut-price dining deals, Virgin Experience Days and many discounts abroad - check out the offers online to make sure you'll use them before you buy a card!

• An International Student Identity Card will get you discounts on everything from theme park admission to gym memberships and cinema ticket to paintballing! It's also valid abroad and incorporates proof of age. Get either an NUS or an ISCI card and make a point of asking about student discounts wherever you go. You'd be surprised at the number of places that offer unadvertised discounts - if you don't ask, you won't get!

• www.studentfreestuff.com - a collection of 'free' deals for students with some time to mess about on the net - some require sign-ups, taking surveys and so on.

• www.freeguestlist.co.uk - a free service enabling you to queue jump and/or get into clubs for free in London - perfect for birthdays. Stop getting caught out by extortionate entry charges!

• www.lastminute.com - possibly the most famous site on the web for eleventh hour deals - perfect for students.

Part of content is reprinted with kind permission of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund from www.money4medstudents.org