Undergraduate and foundation finance: UK Home Students

​​​​​​You may be eligible for a Leeds Trinity Bursary.

The Leeds Trinity Bursary rewards students who progress from level 4 to level 5. It is a cash award of £500 for all eligible students with a household income of £25,000 or less.

Eligibility for the Award

UK home students with a household income of £25,000 or less (as assessed by Student Finance England or other relevant funding body) who start a full-time undergraduate honours programme in 2024-25 will receive a cash bursary of £500 in Level 5 (the second year of their course, or the third year for students on a course with a foundation year).

The bursary will be administered automatically for all eligible students; you will not need to apply for it.

​​​​​Leeds Trinity recognises and rewards hard work through our Academic Achievement Award. We give a £1,000 payment in the first year of the course to high-achieving students starting a full-time honours undergraduate course.

You'll be eligible for the award if you've achieved AAB at A level or the equivalent over three awards.

There is no need to apply for the award. Eligible students will be sent an email with further information at the end of October and the first payment will be made in November.

Students must be studying directly with Leeds Trinity. Students studying with our partner providers are not eligible for this bursary.

Students graduating from a Leeds Trinity two-year Foundation Degree course (Supporting Children and Families in Social Contexts; Supporting Early Years; Supporting Learning and Additional Needs) in July 2024 / July 2025 and progressing immediately to a top-up course at Leeds Trinity in September 2024 / September 2025 can benefit from a fee waiver (tuition fee reduction) of a third. Students graduating from the apprenticeship in Children, Young People and Families Manager programme in July 2024 and progressing immediately to a top-up course at Leeds Trinity in September 2024 can also benefit from a fee waiver (tuition fee reduction) of a third.

For more information, please contact moneyadvice@leedstrinity.ac.uk.

Leeds Trinity offers a Care Experienced Bursary of £1,500 per year for all of our undergraduate courses​.

To qualify you must meet the following criteria:

• Be a UK student on a full-time undergraduate honours course.
• Be paying the tuition fees yourself (e.g. with a tuition fee loan) or with the help of a sponsor.
• Have a former relevant care leaver status according to the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000, or have spent a period of time in care due to a decision made by the local authority.
• Be aged under 25 at the time of your course enrolment.

Students in receipt of the Care Experienced Bursary are not eligible for the Estranged Students Bursary.

Leeds Trinity offers an Estranged Students Bursary of £1,000 per year for all of our undergraduate courses.

To qualify you must meet the following criteria:

• Be a UK student on a full-time undergraduate honours course.
• Be paying the tuition fees yourself (e.g. with a tuition fee loan) or with the help of a sponsor.
• Have been awarded independent status on the grounds of estrangement by your student finance funding organisation.
• Be aged under 25 at the time of your course enrolment.

Students in receipt of the Estranged Students Bursary are not eligible for the Care Experienced Bursary.

Estranged students should apply for Student Finance through their relevant Student Finance body such as Student Finance England.

Every year, Leeds Trinity offers Sanctuary Scholarships to help people seeking asylum and students from a forced migrant background to access Higher Education. These scholarships were originally set up in partnership with the Helena Kennedy Foundation through their Article 26 project.

The Sanctuary Scholarship provides a tuition fee waiver for the length of the course. This means the full cost of the tuition fees is covered. Leeds Trinity offers 5 Sanctuary Scholarships per academic year.

Sanctuary Scholarship recipients also receive free gown hire and free basic photography package at graduation.

Are you eligible to apply?

• Applicants must have an offer on an undergraduate or taught postgraduate course at Leeds Trinity University.
• Applicants must be a person seeking asylum in the UK or they must have an immigration status following an application for asylum that does not allow them to access student finance from the UK government (e.g., Limited Leave to remain).
• Or applicants must be the family member of the above whose application is dependent on theirs or whose leave has been granted in line with theirs.
• Sponsored students entering the UK on a study visa are not eligible.

If a recipient of the Sanctuary Scholarship's immigration status changes, making them able to access Student Finance, or their immigration status no longer allows them to study for the duration of the course, then the scholarship would need to be cancelled.

The application cycle for 2024/25 entry is now closed. The application cycle for courses starting in September 2025 onwards will open at the end of January 2025.

For more information or a chat about your eligibility or the application process please contact moneyadvice@leedstrinity.ac.uk or call 01132837100.

Sanctuary Scholarship Application Form 2024-25 ( KB)

​The Inspiring Futures Programme is an exciting fundraising programme, launched during Leeds Trinity University's 50th Anniversary year by (the then) Chancellor Gabby Logan to help our students and recent graduates excel and fulfil their potential.

It comprises three strands of financial support that will make a real difference to our students and recent graduates, enabling them to:

• Develop their business or freelance career (Enterprise Fund)
• Compete at a national or international level of sport (Sporting Excellence Fund)

Find out more information about the Inspiring Futures Programme.

​​​UK students from a socially or ethnically diverse background who are planning on studying BA (Hons) Journalism​ may be eligible to apply for a bursary from the Journalism Diversity Fund to help with course costs or other financial support.

Visit the Journalism Diversity Fund website for more information (external website).

Educational grants and bursaries from charities and trusts are available for students entering higher education.

There are charities and trusts that award grants to students in higher education or those thinking of entering higher education. The sizes of the organisations vary and the amounts granted are from around £50 to £500. The eligibility criteria to apply for these awards can be very specific. The awards shouldn't be treated as a main source of funding but as additional or specific funding.

​The criteria are different for each grant application. It can be based on where you live, the course you study, or a person category such as lone parents/child of a grocer. In addition to these, you will usually have:

• Access to all financial support available to you like a student loan
• Evidence of financial hardship and justification for it
• Financial vulnerability such as having a disability or being a lone parent
• A purpose for the award

The following external websites can help you find a grant:

• The Scholarship Hub
• Lightening Reach
• Turn2us

​Some companies offer students the opportunity to apply for bursaries for some postgraduate study, such as Postgraduate Solutions Ltd.​​