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University Bursaries

• The entitlement of full-time NI/GB undergraduate and PGCE students to Queen’s bursaries is assessed on the basis of household income.
• Bursaries are also available, on a pro-rata basis, to eligible students not paying the full undergraduate tuition fee; i.e. Foundation Degree and compulsory "year out" students.
• There are currently two University Bursary Schemes.
• The Queen's institutional bursary will be paid directly to an eligible student's bank account in two equal installments, the third week in January and the last week in March. 
• The Queen's Student Experience bursary will be transfered directly to the student's student card in October 2012. Students will receive an email notifying them that the award will be made.
• The tables below outline the level of University Bursaries available for the academic year 2012/13.

Table 1 outlines the bursaries available to eligible students, who commenced study prior to the academic year 2012-13.

Table 1

Table 2 outlines the bursaries available to eligible students, who commenced in the academic year 2012-13.

Table 2

Institutional Bursary Payment Regulations

• If a student is suspended for any reason he/she will not be paid a bursary while the suspension is in place.  Any bursary entitlement for the year will be paid if the suspension is lifted within the current academic year.
• The first bursary installment will be paid in January on the basis of a student’s non-verified household income, but the second installment will be withheld until income evidence has been received by the Education and Library Board.  The University will seek to recover any overpayments by reducing or stopping the next bursary installment.  If this is not feasible invoices will be issued for any bursary overpayments.
• Bursary payments, as a result of a household income reassessment by an Education & Library Board, whether favorable or otherwise, will be adjusted for the current academic year only.

The Student Experience Bursary

The Student Experience Bursary can be spent, upon presentation of your card, in the following areas

• Membership of Queens's Sport www.qub.ac.uk/sport
• QFT and on Festival events www.queensfilmtheatre.com
• A range of extra-curricular activities, under the Degree Plus programme www.qub.ac.ul/degreeplus
• Printing on campus and at the Computer Shop in the McClay Library
• Purchase of books from Blackwell's Online Shop @ http://www.blackwell.co.uk/qub, or at the Blackwell's Pop-up Shop in the Students' Union, opening on 17th September 2012. For information about using your smart card online please click here.

The £110 bursary is not redeemable against any other University facilities, or for cash.  Expenditure incurred on the above, will be deducted automatically from your Student Card.

The bursary award must be fully utilised before you graduate from your undergraduate/PGCE course.  No refunds will be given for any unspent monies, as the award is specifically to help students, whilst studying at Queens University.

• If you have received Waterstones Gift Card in the academic year 2011-12, but have not redeemed them, please bring the letter you received from Queen’s detailing the amount to be transferred to the Waterstones gift card to the Income and Student Finance Office to have your unredeemed award place back on your student experience Bursary purse.

Download the Student Experience Bursary leaflet