Financial support to help you succeed at Sheffield Hallam.

The information on this page is correct for the 2023/24 academic year. Information about the financial support available in the 2024/25 academic year will be published in August 2024.

Overview

The Student Success Scholarship is designed to help you succeed at Sheffield Hallam.

What you could receive

Successful applicants will receive an award of between £600 and £2,100. Most students will receive an award from the lower end of this scale. Only students who are in several priority groups will be considered for the full amount.

Part-time students will receive a proportional award based on the number of credits they are studying.

You can only receive the scholarship once per academic year, and you need to reapply each academic year.

Who can apply

You can apply for the Student Success Scholarship if you:

• are a fully enrolled, full or part-time, undergraduate student,
• are paying a tuition fee of £9,250 or the part-time equivalent – this can be self-funded or through a student loan,
• have been means tested by a UK student funding body, such as Student Finance England,
• have a household income of £62,343 or less, and
• have consented to share your household income with the University in your maintenance loan application.

Although you need to be means tested, you do not have to take out a maintenance loan to be eligible. If you cannot be means tested, please let us know by contacting Hallam Help.

You are not eligible for this scholarship if:

• you receive a PGCE/Initial Teacher Training Scholarship/Bursary,
• you receive an NHS Training Grant or Social Work Bursary, or
• it would negatively affect your eligibility for another scholarship/bursary.

If you receive benefits and/or any other financial support, it is your responsibility to check whether receiving an award will affect your entitlement(s)/payments.

When to apply

There are normally three application windows in each academic year, but you can only receive the scholarship once per academic year.

How are applications assessed

To determine if you are eligible for an award and how much your award will be, we will look at your household income and the priority groups you are in. 

Our priority groups are:

• Care leavers
• Students who are estranged from their family
• Students with caring responsibilities
• Students who have refugee status
• Transgender students, inclusive of non-binary genders
• Student parents
• Students with a disability
• Final year students
• Student from minority ethnic backgrounds
• Students studying a high-cost course

How to apply

If you are eligible to apply, you will see the application form in My Student Record. Go to the scholarships section to start your application.

The application form will ask you to select the priority groups you are in and to upload evidence for each of the groups you select.

You must read the terms and conditions document before applying. This lists the evidence you will need to provide for each priority group.

Applications for the 2023/24 academic year are now closed.

If you cannot see the scholarships section in My Student Record

You may not be logged into My Student Record correctly. To fix this:

• Logout of My Student Record
• When logging back in you will be asked to select the title of your course, there may be different options that look similar
• Log out and back in selecting a different option each time until you see the scholarships section

If you still cannot see the scholarships sections, it may mean that you are not fully enrolled in the current academic year, or you may not be eligible to apply.

If you cannot see the link to apply in the scholarships section

You may not be means tested by Student Finance England. This is one of the most common reasons students are not able to apply. If you have not been means tested or would like more information on how to be means tested, please contact Student Finance England. A list of other common reasons why students cannot apply can be found on the can't see the link to apply page.

What happens next

Need help

If you have any questions about the Student Success Scholarship, please contact Hallam Help.