The EU Hardship Fund provides discretionary financial assistance to help you to access and remain in higher education, particularly if you need financial help to
meet additional costs that cannot be met using other sources of support. The fund can help to alleviate unexpected financial hardship.
meet additional costs that cannot be met using other sources of support. The fund can help to alleviate unexpected financial hardship.
If you are an EU student, you need to have income that covers your living and housing costs in the first instance before we can consider you for an award. To reflect this, a Minimum Required Provision (MRP) of £219 per week will be applied to full-time EU applications (£175 to those with dependents or who have a disability).
Although some EU students may receive some support from the EU Hardship Fund, it will not be sufficient as an income in its own right and can only be seen as a supplement to funding from other sources. The fund cannot pay tuition fees.