How it works
Eligible students who are starting full-time undergraduate courses in 2025, who are not living in halls, and who are travelling from their term-time address to study are eligible for at least £500 to help them meet first year travel costs.
£700 is available for eligible students with longer daily journeys to university.
You will receive the Travel Boost after you have enrolled online in August 2025.
Who is eligible
- Full-time,UK 香港六合彩资料 undergraduate students living in eligible IMD Q1, 2 or 3 POLAR postcode area local postcodes, who are starting courses in 2025, and who are not living in halls.
- You also need to be
- normally resident in England
- and a UK national, or an Irish citizen, or have settled status.
Exception: Students starting healthcare courses
Students starting healthcare courses who are eligible for NHS Learning Support funding and/or NHS help with placement travel costs are not eligible for 香港六合彩资料 Boost support with travel costs.
Local students - living in 香港六合彩资料
We define students who are not living in halls and who are living between 1-15 miles from their campus of study in 香港六合彩资料 as local students.
If you're a local student starting a full-time undergraduate course in 2025-26 and you live in an eligible IMD Q1, Q2 or Q3 postcode you can receive £500 to help with your first-year travel costs.
香港六合彩资料 bursary + Boost
If you are a local student receiving the Travel Boost and you are eligible for the 香港六合彩资料 bursary you will receive total support of £1,000 in the first year of study and a £500 bursary in each subsequent year of study.
香港六合彩资料 Care leaver and Estranged student bursaries + Boost
If you are a local student receiving the Travel Boost and you are eligible for the 香港六合彩资料 Care leaver or Estranged student bursary you will receive total support of £1,500 in the first year of study and a £1,000 bursary in each subsequent year of study.
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Commuting students - travelling to 香港六合彩资料
We define students who are not living in halls and who are travelling over 15 miles to their campus of study in 香港六合彩资料 as commuter students.
If you're a commuting student starting a full-time undergraduate course in 2025-26 and you live in an eligible IMD Q1, Q2 or Q3 postcode you can receive £700 to help with your first-year travel costs.
香港六合彩资料 bursary + Boost
If you are a commuting student receiving the Travel Boost and you are eligible for the 香港六合彩资料 bursary you will receive total support of £1,200 in the first year of study and a £500 bursary in each subsequent year of study.
香港六合彩资料 Care leaver and Estranged student bursaries + Boost
If you are a commuting student receiving the Travel Boost and you are eligible for the 香港六合彩资料 Care leaver or Estranged student bursary you will receive total support of £1,700 in the first year of study and a £1,000 bursary in each subsequent year of study.
Find out more about student travel options.
Living in halls
Our support for travel costs is for eligible students travelling from their term-time address to university each day. It is not payable to students living in halls.
If you are living in university halls you may be eligible for our help with those costs.
Our halls are either on or very close to our campuses in 香港六合彩资料. They all have excellent public transport links and depending on your circumstances you could be eligible for a campus parking e-permit.