Eligibility check for bursaries
Below are some reasons where a students record status might change during the year and if the bursary will be paid during these times.
| Student record is currently showing my status as: |
Will I receive the Access Edinburgh Scholarship (for students commencing from September 2020)? |
| Fully Matriculated | Yes |
| Fully Matriculated (Exam Only) | No |
| Interrupted Caring Responsibilities | No |
| Interrupted Other Health Reasons | No |
| Interrupted Other Reason | No |
| Interrupted Serious Health Reason | No |
| Interrupted | No |
| Interrupted (Did not start) | No |
| Part Time (Not funded by SLC) | No |
| Part Time Sessional (if you have already received partial funding previously) | May be eligible by using your *+1 year- Contact Scholarships and Student Funding (See description below) |
| Part Time Repeat (still funded by SLC) | May be eligible by using your *+1 year- Contact Scholarships and Student Funding (See description below) |
| Part Time (studying 80 credits or more) | Yes |
| Repeating a year | *Classed as a +1 year. (See description below) |
| Settled Status | **May be eligible if you meet criteria noted below |
| Transfer to other degree restarting new programme | May be eligible - Contact Scholarships and Student Funding |
| Withdrawn | No |
* Where is a student needs to repeat a year of study, a single year of support will be given, this is known as a +1 year. Any further additional repeat years would not be covered.
**EU students, who commenced study from 2020/21, are required to have UK funding body support and settled status to be eligible for this scholarship
The above will be implemented from session 2023/24. We are unable to backdate any payments from previous years.