Social work - manage your bursary

It’s important to let us know straight away if your circumstances change as this may affect the amount of Social Work Bursary (SWB) you're entitled to.

If you’ve been overpaid, we’ll tell you about repayment options. If you're due more, we’ll add the extra amount to your next SWB payment.

You can tell us about most changes through your MyFunding account. Both undergraduate and postgraduate students can use MyFunding to:

change your personal details, such as your name, address and telephone number
change your bank details
tell us if you’ve interrupted or withdrawn from your course
upload evidence to support your existing SWB

For some changes, you may need to contact us directly. Both undergraduate and postgraduate students need to contact us to tell us about:

if your course attendance changes
if you change university
if your residency status changes

Changes affecting postgraduate students

Change in relationship status

You need to tell us if you marry, divorce, separate from or move in with a partner as this could affect your bursary entitlement.

You can tell us about this on your MyFunding account.

If the change does affect your entitlement, you may need to make a new SWB application. Contact us for advice on this.

Change to your or your partner’s income

If you receive the means tested maintenance grant and your or your partner’s income has reduced by 15%, you may be entitled to more help.

You need to complete the Current Income Assessment form in your MyFunding account.

Change to childcare costs or provider

You need to tell us if:

you’ve changed childcare provider
you’ve started using an additional provider
your childcare costs have changed

To do this, complete the Childcare Allowance application form (PDF: 172KB ) and upload it to your MyFunding account. Include a cover letter explaining the changes.

You should still send us your childcare reconciliation forms for these periods as normal, along with a signed and dated copy of your childcare provider’s contract.

Additional adult or child dependants

If someone new becomes dependent on you, you may need to complete another application. Contact us for advice on this.

A dependant is either:

an adult who is wholly or mainly financially dependent on you - including your spouse, partner or civil partner, but not your child or stepchild
a child under 19

Interrupting or withdrawing from your course

You need to tell us as soon as possible if you’re interrupting your course temporarily or withdrawing permanently. We’ll hold any further bursary payments to stop you from being overpaid.

You can tell us about this using your MyFunding account.

Once your university confirms your withdrawal date, we'll do a withdrawal calculation. If you’ve been overpaid, we’ll write to you about repayment options. If you're due more, we’ll pay the extra amount to your bank account as soon as possible.

You’ll not automatically get your capped SWB place back if you leave your course and return in a new academic year.

Guidance

Read our guidance booklet for more information about SWB.

Your guide to Social Work Bursaries 2023-24 (PDF: 632KB)

For help with MyFunding, read our MyFunding guidance booklet.

MyFunding guide for students (PDF: 1.17MB)

Managing your Social Work Bursary