Section 11 of the circular states:

"Where a new entrant to one of these courses does not obtain or is 
not eligible for an NHS bursary, he will still be eligible for a 
mandatory award in the same way as any other new entrant subject to 
the usual rules on ordinary residence, previous study etc. in the 
Awards Regulations"

Does anybody know what the criteria for eligibility for an NHS 
Bursary will be for students, particularly in the PAMS, where we 
have previously taken students funded by mandatory awards over and 
above our contract commissions for instance in Radiography and 
Physiotherapy (for which details were not collected by HEFCE when 
determining the amount of money to be transferred from DfEE to 
DoH)?

Previously such students received the means tested mandatory awards 
which were comparable with the NHS bursary received by those with 
contracted places.   If they are not eligible for NHS bursaries and 
can only access the new mandatory awards will they then be liable 
for the £1000 tuition fee if their income levels demand?   This 
could lead to difficult decisions by Admissions Tutors who may have 
to decide who is to have a contracted place and therefore an 
automatic NHS (Means Tested) Bursary and no concerns about Tuition 
Fees and those who will have to 'chance their arm' with the NHS
Regional Office knowing that they may yet be liable for tuition fee 
payments.

I would be very interested to hear others views on this.

Jenny Laffan
School of Health Studies
University of Bradford

On Wed, 29 Apr 1998 06:28:36 GMT Janet R Jurica 
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I attach a copy of this circular dealing with the Arrangements for 
> 1998/99 for Medical and Dental Students, and Students of Nursing, 
> Midwifery and the Professions Allied to Medicine in case it is of 
> interest to members of the list.
> 
> It's in Word6 format.   If you cannot access the attachment you may 
> be able to get it from the Web at 
> http://www.rdg.ac.uk/~vascroge/support.html
> 
> With gratitude to Roger Clark, Academic Registrar at the University 
> of Reading who is doing stirling work to keep all HEIs informed of 
> DfEE circulars on student support.
> 
> J
> Janet Jurica
> Senior Assistant Registrar
> The University of Leeds
> Leeds LS2 9JT
> tel/fax 0113 258 6173
> Tel +44(0)113 258 6173   
> Fax +44(0)113 258 6173

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Jenny Laffan
Senior Administrative Officer

School of Health Studies
University of Bradford
Unity Building, 25 Trinity Road
Bradford BD5 0BB

Tel. Internal x6303
      External (01274) 386303

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