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Students with children

If you’re a full-time higher education student with dependent children, the Childcare Grant maybe able to help with childcare costs, and the Parents’ Learning Allowance with costs related to your course.

• Extra help for students with children

Disabled students

 If you have an impairment, medical condition or a learning difficulty, you may be entitled to claim extra financial help as a student - including Disabled Students' Allowances.

• Extra financial help for disabled students (disabled people section)

Students with adult dependants

If you’re full-time higher education and there’s an adult who depends on you financially, you may be entitled to extra financial help through the Adult Dependants’ Grant.  

• Adult Dependants' Grant

Students in financial difficulty

If you’re in hardship and need extra financial support, universities and colleges in England can provide it through their Access to Learning Funds.

You can apply if you’re a full-time or part-time higher education student, or you’re doing a postgraduate course.

• Access to Learning Fund: extra help if you need it

Benefits for students with low incomes

Most full-time students are not entitled to claim social security benefits.

However, part-time students and those in certain vulnerable groups may sometimes be eligible for income-related benefits such as Housing Benefit or Income Support.

• Benefits for higher education students with low incomes (money, tax and benefits section)

NHS, Social work and Initial Teacher Training students

If you are training to work in social work, medicine or certain areas of healthcare, you may be entitled to a social work bursary or NHS student bursary.

All students taking an eligible course of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) are entitled to some form of financial help.

• NHS and Social Work students
• Finance for Initial Teacher Training