STUDENT BURSARIES: THE WINNERS AND LOSERS

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STUDENT BURSARIES THE WINNERS AND LOSERS

• 2 July 2008
• FACE Annual Conference
• Claire Callender
• Professor of Higher Education
• c.callender_at_bbk.ac.uk

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2006 Student support
Discretionary Bursary
Statutory Bursary Max 300
Means Tested
Student Grant Max 2,700
Cash
Maintenance Loan Max (2006) 4,405 London 6,170
Repayable
Variable Fee Loan Max 3000
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The purpose of bursaries

• Overcome financial barriers to HE participation
• Minimise the impact of higher tuition on access
  and participation
• Reduce student debt
• Promote student choice
• Safeguard and promote access

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HEIs use of bursaries

• to promote widening access
• to shape the composition of the student body
• General recruitment
• Local students
• Merit aid
• Subject specific
• to influence/alter student behaviour and choices
• Promote retention, progression and persistence
• Promote graduation/completion
• Encourage employability
• to compensate for the limitations of state
  financial support

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Bursary levels for students eligible for full
state maintenance grant, 2006
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HEIs use of bursaries

• to promote widening access
• to shape the composition of the student body
• General recruitment
• Local students
• Merit aid
• Subject specific
• to influence/alter student behaviour and choices
• Promote retention, progression and persistence
• Promote graduation/completion
• Encourage employability
• to compensate for the limitations of state funded
  aid

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