Student Support Package terms for UK full-time undergraduates 2024/25

We have created a £750 per year non-repayable student support package for full-time undergraduate students to enable access to higher education to remain within reach for those who wish to go to university.  

Our 2024/25 Student Support Package will award £750 per year of study to every UK undergraduate full-time student with a household income no greater than £25,000. The £750 package is available for each year of study on full-time undergraduate and foundation year courses (including accelerated degrees, integrated masters, MChem and MEng degree courses) with fees of £9,250 (or £11,100 for accelerated degrees). 

In order to be eligible for the Manchester Met Student Support Package, you must meet all the following criteria:  

• Your fee liability for 2024/25 is £9,250 (or £11,100 for accelerated degrees)
• You have a household income of no greater than £25,000 per year
• You have applied online to be income assessed by Student Finance
• You have a UK Student Support Number (English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish students) 

How do I apply?

All the information we require to assess you for the Student Support Package is received when you apply online to Student Finance for your income-assessed maintenance loan.  

When making your application to Student Finance, you must consent to share your household income details with Manchester Met. If your parent(s)/guardian/partner has been income assessed to support your application, they must give their consent to share as well.  Finance & Procurement may share your household income data with other areas within Manchester Met that are promoting schemes for students with household income up to and including £25,000. 

Please note in order to be in receipt of the Manchester Met Student Support Package, your application with Student Finance must be income assessed.  Even if you do not want to take out the maximum maintenance loan, you still need to be fully income-assessed in order for us to view your household income information.

If you have already processed your application, please check to ensure consent has been given to share the information with Manchester Met prior to the start of the academic year. If we cannot view your income, we cannot assess you for the bursary. You can check your online account with Student Finance or for more information Student Finance can be contacted on 0300 1000 612.  

How will I know if I am eligible?

You will receive an email from the Manchester Met Student Support Package Team during the first term following your enrolment.  

How will I receive my Student Support Package?

If you are staying in Manchester Met halls of residence, we will automatically allocate the credit against your accommodation fees in two instalments. For all other students, the Student Support Package will be paid as a cash payment direct to your bank account. When you receive the email from the Student Support Package Team to confirm your eligibility for the Student Support Package, there will be a secure link in the email asking you to provide us with your bank details, you must submit your bank details via this link to receive the funds on the specified dates below.  If you submit incorrect bank details, it will delay your payment.

You will receive your allocation in two equal instalments on or around the following payment dates.

September start courses

• £375 in term 1 – 25 October 2024
• £375 in term 2 – 24 January 2025

January start courses

• £375 in term 1 – 14 February 2025
• £375 in term 2 – 6 June 2025

March start courses

• £375 in term 1 – 11 April 2025
• £375 in term 2 – 3 October 2025 

Additional conditions

Your eligibility for the Student Support Package may change during the academic year; for example, if Student Finance re-assesses your household income, Manchester Met will notify you as soon as possible.

To be eligible to receive the first instalment of your award you must be enrolled and engaging with your course two weeks after the course start date (when 25% of tuition fees charged).  To be eligible to receive the second instalment of your award you must be enrolled and engaging with your course on the second day of the second term (when 50% of tuition fees charged).

Student Support Package payments will not be processed retrospectively if your household income is amended or consent to share is approved after the end of the academic year. All Student Support Package payments will only be processed in the academic year they relate to.

You should be aware that withdrawal/suspension from study may affect your eligibility for the Student Support Package.

Should you be paid the Student Support Package when you are not entitled to it, you will be required to repay this to Manchester Met.

Should you incur any unpaid debts to the University, Manchester Met reserves the right to set off payment of any Student Support Package entitlement against any outstanding amount.  Manchester Met will contact you for authorisation to use your Student Support Package entitlement to pay your overdue debt, if we do not hear from you by 31 July 2025, the amount of SSP will be automatically deducted from the sum owed.  This does not apply in the event the debt is, or becomes, the subject of, any Court claim.

Manchester Met may hold your Student Support Package in the event of poor or non-attendance on your course.

Should you transfer onto a different course your Student Support Package entitlement will be paid in line with the scheme for the relevant academic year. 

Please note: The Student Support Package is available to both self-paying and externally sponsored students.