Paramedic, nursing and midwifery students: support information 2024 to 2025

Eligibility

Student eligibility for Paramedic Science, Nursing and Midwifery courses is determined by The Education (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (as amended) and The Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (as amended).

This booklet is only intended to guide students to the main eligibility criteria set out in these regulations; it is not intended to be exhaustive.

Students undertaking courses in pre-registration Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedic Science degree courses in Scotland leading to the awarding of a degree may be eligible under the PNMSB scheme. Eligibility for support depends on THREE conditions:

• that your course is eligible;
• that you have not had previous PNMSB funding;
• that you meet the residence requirements.

Course eligibility

Bursaries are for eligible students attending courses which:

• are partly or wholly funded by the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates (SGHSCD); and
• lead to initial registration on the Professional Register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery

Council (NMC); or

• lead to the award of a BSc Paramedic Science.

Students resident in UK countries – reciprocal arrangement

• Students from England, Wales or Northern Ireland, who started their course from 2017/18 and thereafter and choose to study in Scotland, should apply to their home country funding body for their tuition fees, bursary and income-assessed living cost loan.
• New Scottish students who started their course from 2017/18 and thereafter and choose to study in England, Wales or Northern Ireland will not be able to access the non repayable, non income assessed PNMSB package. Instead, these students should apply to SAAS for the standard undergraduate package of a tuition fee loan and an income-assessed living cost loan while studying nursing, midwifery or paramedic science in other UK countries. Students can also apply for an Independent Students’ Bursary, Young Students’ Bursary and other living-cost grants, where eligible.

Residence eligibility

To be eligible for SAAS Funding, students must meet the SAAS residency criteria.

Further information can be found at www.saas.gov.uk

Students from the European Union

EU students coming to Scotland to study in 2024/25 are not eligible for support.

Only EU students who started their course in 2020/21 or earlier will continue to be funded for the duration of their course.

Different arrangements apply for Irish Nationals coming from Republic of Ireland to study, UK nationals living elsewhere in the EU and students from Gibraltar. You should consult SAAS for details.