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>> Hello, my name is David Bray. I studied Marine and Coastal Management at an undergraduate
level for three years. I carried on to do a Masters Degree in Applied Science, staying
through with Bournemouth University.
>> My name is Azza Hassan and I am in my final year of studying Forensic Science at Bournemouth
University.
>> Bursaries are means tested by your household income and scholarships are based on your
academic achievements. Both of which aren’t repayable, which is good. It’s not like
a loan, you don’t have to pay it back.
>> Academic scholarships are available at BU for students who are reaching those grades
which are exceptional or very high. They help you in terms of funding as well. If you do
receive three As at A level or the equivalent, you can receive up to three thousand pounds.
>> Students shouldn’t worry about a bursary or scholarship affecting their loan or grant.
Because it doesn’t come into that and it won’t affect how much. You will still get
the same loan, whatever you are applying for.
>> Knowing there was bursaries that could be available for me before coming to University,
was very useful in terms of planning how I was going to spend any money or finance that
I would have coming in. It meant that it was something extra on top of the loans or the
grants that there was available for students.
>> Receiving a bursary or scholarship is really helpful. Especially for me, I received a scholarship
and it helped me buy books and other materials that I needed.
>> It’s a really good idea to apply. Even if you don’t think at the moment you are
getting those grades, you still have the chance to apply for those scholarships after you
have found out what your final results are. A good starting point with that is askBU.
If you need any help or if you need any advice in terms of eligibility or anything else along
those lines, contact them. They are there to help you.
>> Bursaries are available to you in instalments. It was a very good way of managing and budgeting
the money that was coming in. Knowing that it was a certain amount, the same amount coming
in at the same time every year, was a good way of planning ahead. How you were going
to be able to fund it, depending on what you needed it for.
>> Through having a scholarship to come to Uni, it really did help me plan. Because I
knew how much a term I had to spend and what I had coming in the next term. I had a set
amount per week to spend and it was just good organisation really.
>> I know for care leavers that it might be a worry coming to University in terms of accommodation.
What’s good about Bournemouth University is that in your first year when you do come
here as a care leaver, you are not only guaranteed all round year accommodation, it is also fully
funded. And then from there onwards in your second and third year you’re also guaranteed
to definitely have accommodation available for you. So that’s one less worry that you’ll
have to worry about.
>> I personally didn’t have anyone in my family that went to University. I personally
didn’t know anyone that was coming here. But within your freshers week there’s plenty
of opportunities to make new friends. They have loads of different activities you can
join. I’ve recently just signed up to squash and I‘ve already made several friends from
there. It’s just really friendly people down here. Quite fun. Join the groups.
>> When choosing which University I was going to go to it was very useful to go to things
such as open days. So I had already visited Bournemouth University and knew what the campus
was like and what the city was like. I was very much excited to come. It was somewhere
different. Somewhere different from where I had lived before.
>> These days you have Facebook groups that you can join and see people that are in your
halls. But everyone’s in the same boat, so everyone is really keen to make friends
and it is really nothing to be worried about now I look back on it.
>> I think most of the feelings that I had was more kind of excited feelings, rather
than nervous about the place. I just wanted to come and get stuck in because at the end
of the day I knew that everyone else was in the same position that I was in. So I couldn’t
wait to come.
>> I would say just go to open days. They are really helpful. You get students to take
you round and gain their perspective and you can ask them any questions. Also you can go
to askBU or just phone them up and they’re good at answering any general questions you
have. Or just simply join the Facebook or Twitter page and you can just see what’s
going on. See if there’s other people that want to make friends before you come.