Student finances, scholarships bursaries and sponsorship
From Piggy Banks to Sponsorships...
1. Piggy Banks: University Student Budgeting
With the transition from school to university on the horizon, it’s time to tackle one of the less thrilling aspects of student life: finances. Whether your child is heading off to university or planning a gap year, managing money wisely is crucial. Think of it as the physics of real life—balancing forces, potential energy (savings), and kinetic energy (spending)!
We've found an excellent website listing over 50 ways for students to save - check this out... https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/students/student-guide/
Here is a link to a video from Martin Lewis about how student loans might affect you as a parent:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1020788859620180
2. Scholarships, Bursaries and Sponsorships
This post is to bring future, present and past students, information about:
bursaries
scholarships and
sponsored degrees.
Here is a link for the UCAS complete guide to sponsored degrees.
And here is the UCAS Which sponsored degree guide
A little investigation, I made this week (October 2024), indicates that a great many universities will sponsor you to do Engineering, Maths or Physics-based degrees.
I would not suggest that you use this information to decide which university to apply for, however, once you have made your decision about universities, it would probably be a good idea to do some investigations to find out if that university might fund, at least part of, your undergraduate study.
Opportunities are available in particular for very able students, women and ethnic minority groups, as well as supporting students who have a limited or no support system/funds at home.
The following links are a very incomplete list of places to go to find out more about bursaries scholarships and sponsorships for particularly Engineering, Maths and Physics, but for all subjects in some cases.
BAME Physics Astronomy Scholarship at UCL:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/physics-astronomy/physics-astronomy-opportunity-scholarship
Various funding opportunities at York:
https://www.york.ac.uk/physics-engineering-technology/study/funding/undergraduate/
Physics and Astronomy Scholarships at the University of Sheffield:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mps/undergraduate/scholarships#physics-and-astronomy
University of Lancaster Physics Scholarships:
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/my-offer/subjects/physics/
Royal Holloway Physics Scholarships:
https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-here/fees-and-funding/scholarships/physics-scholarship/
University of Birmingham Physics Scholarships
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/physics/undergraduate/ug-physics-scholarships
University of Bradford find scholarships and bursaries page:
https://www.bradford.ac.uk/scholarships/
when I tried it there were bursaries and scholarship opportunities for undergraduates starting in 2025
University of Newcastle scholarships for Maths, Statistics and Physics:
University of Edinburgh access awards:
https://registryservices.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/undergraduate/uk-eu/access-awards
University of Bristol Physics and Biology bursaries:
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/students/support/finances/scholarships/anne-sleigh-bursary/
Scholarships and bursaries for the University of Surrey:
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/fees-and-funding/scholarships-and-bursaries
If you are Irish then this link could be useful to you:
I hope you find this interesting and helpful.
Warmest regards
P.S.
Don't forget to download the UCAS Which Sponsored Degree Guide
