Application Support Package

Can I access it?

You qualify for the Application Support Package if you are a UK domiciled student on an undergraduate course and you meet any of these criteria: 

• You are a care leaver or a carer 
• You are estranged from your parents 
• You are from the Global Majority 
• You have a disability (either a learning or a physical disability) 
• You are from a household with an annual income of £42,875 or below 
• You were in receipt of free school meals during your GCSE studies 
• You are a mature student (21 or over on 1 September year of entry) 
• You are from Gypsy, Traveller, Roma, Showmen and Boater (GTRSB) communities 
• You or your parents/carers have refugee status, indefinite leave to remain (ILR) or humanitarian protection status 
• You are from a Military family 
• You live in an area with low progression to Higher Education. This is assessed using a combination of two datasets, Participation of Local Areas (POLAR4) and Tracking Underrepresentation by Area (TUNDRA).  
• You are from an under-resourced background (assessed using the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) dataset) 

What other support is there?

Undergraduate Students with an annual Household Income below £25,000 can receive: 

1. Application Fee Waiver – the £20 fee required to cover NSCD application process fee is waivered.
2. Don’t have to pay an Acceptance Fee 

All new starters (Postgraduate and Undergraduate): 

1. Can attend our House hunting day – online/in person
2. Can attend our Financial Support online information session
3. Can receive pre-enrollment 121 support tutorial via phone/email/in person
4. Can access English Language Support  to support you throughout your application process and can attend a 2 week orientation to help the transition ahead of induction week.