Money Advice from our Campus Life team
MONEY ADVICE AND SUPPORT The Money@CampusLife team provide guidance on all areas of student funding, including: • Grants, loans, bursaries and welfare benefits • Helping you to manage your money • Supporting care leavers
• Opportunity Award • Helping you to draw up a realistic budget • Debt advice
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS FUND We have also established a small fund to provide emergency assistance for international students who face financial difficulties not anticipated at the start of the course, and not within their control. CHARITIES, FOUNDATIONS AND TRUSTS A large number of charities, foundations and trusts award funding for postgraduate study. Details can be found in The Grants Register (published by Palgrave Macmillan) and The Directory of Grant Making Trusts (published by the Directory of Social Change), both of which should be available in your university careers service and local library.
EARN WHILE YOU LEARN There are plenty of part-time jobs to be found in and around Swansea, and the Swansea Employability Academy has information on a wide range of opportunities for temporary and part-time work, as well as summer placements and internships. For further information, please visit: m yuni.swansea.ac.uk/ employment-zone SUPPORT FOR CARE LEAVERS We administer and deliver the Care Leavers Support Package, a comprehensive range of measures to help care leavers settle in and focus on their studies. Eligible postgraduate students can receive a postgraduate Care Leaver bursary which is a one off payment per course.
+44 (0)1792 606699 m oney.campuslife @swansea.ac.uk
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITY AWARD The hardship fund is intended to support students through any unexpected or difficult financial circumstances whilst at university. Each application will be considered and assessed on an individual basis, with the strictest confidentiality by our expert advisors. For further information, please visit:
swansea.ac.uk/money-campuslife
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