They are for new undergraduate students starting their first degree course after September 2012, who meet the eligibility criteria.

The NSP and Fee Waiver schemes are not available to students from outside the EU. The NSP is for English students only (on courses funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England) while the Fee Waivers are available to UK and EU students.

When the Government passed legislation allowing Universities to charge up to £9,000 to all new full time students starting their studies in 2012/3 and later they required Universities to provide financial support to students. Each University will have its own, unique package of help. The NSP (National Scholarship Programme) and Anglia Ruskin Fee Waivers are means tested and are aimed at students from lower income households.

If you are a full-time student, or a part-time student who is studying at least 25% of the course per year, on one of the following awards you will be eligible for consideration for our NSP and Anglia Ruskin Fee Waivers:

• Bachelors Degree with Honours
• Foundation Degree
• Diploma of Higher Education (Dip HE)
• Higher National Diploma (HND)
• PGCE (Anglia Ruskin Fee Waiver only)

The NSP and Anglia Ruskin Fee Waivers are not applicable to courses funded via the NHS. This means that you pay no tuition fees to Anglia Ruskin and therefore cannot receive them.

NSP and Anglia Ruskin Fee Waivers are only applicable to students paying their own fees or receiving a Tuition Fee Loan from Student Finance.

The government has set the number of NSPs which we can allocate to students. The NSPs are allocated in order of application.

The eligibility criteria are:

• Full-time undergraduate students ordinarily resident in England on a HEFCE funded course
• Part-time undergraduate students ordinarily resident in England and studying at least 25% of a HEFCE funded course per year
• Your postcode shows you come from a low participation in Higher Education neighbourhood
• You must be new to Higher Education
• You have received an offer of a place to study at Anglia Ruskin University
• You have chosen (or intend to choose) Anglia Ruskin University as your Firm choice.
• Your household income is below £25,000per annum (and that is confirmed by Student Finance)

For full-time undergraduate students commencing their study in September 2013, who are allocated the NSP, it is worth:

• Year 1 Fee Waiver: £3,000
• Year 2 Fee Waiver: £1,900
• Year 3 Fee Waiver: £1,900

Part-time students will receive a pro-rata amount ie if you are studying 50% of the course per year you will receive 50% of the fee waiver.

You can apply via our online form

You will be sent an email informing you if your application was successful.

Once you are a registered student you will be able to see your award on your Anglia Ruskin web account (called e:Vision). It will show on the 'My Registration' page.

We have two types of Fee Waivers. For students commencing In 2013/4 the Anglia Ruskin Higher Fee Waiver is worth £1,500 pa (maximum 3 years) and the Anglia Ruskin Standard Fee Waiver is worth £500 pa (maximum 3 years). We do not have a set number of Anglia Ruskin Fee Waivers, if you are eligible you will receive the Fee Waiver.

The eligibility criteria for the Anglia Ruskin Higher Fee Waiver are:

• Full time undergraduate students ordinarily resident in England, Scotland, N.Ireland, Wales or EU on a Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funded course
• Your household income is below £25,000pa (and that is confirmed by Student Finance)

The eligibility criteria for the Anglia Ruskin Standard Fee Waiver are:

• Full time undergraduate students ordinarily resident in England, Scotland, N.Ireland, Wales or EU on a HEFCE funded course
• Your household income is between £25,000pa - £35,000pa (and that is confirmed by Student Finance)

UK students - You should apply to Student Finance England for means-tested student support and give consent for household income data to be shared with us. We will receive information about your family's income and will automatically assess your eligibility for one of our fee waivers. We will only receive this information if you have given Anglia Ruskin or one of our Associate Colleges as your institution on your Student Finance Application. Our Associate Colleges are Harlow College, SEEVIC, University College Peterborough, University College West Anglia, Huntingdonshire Regional College and Cambridge Theological Federation.

EU students - Student Finance England will send you a form requesting financial information to enable them to assess your household income. They will then send that information on to us. If you believe your household income makes you eligible for either of the Anglia Ruskin Fee Waivers (i.e. your household income is less than £35,000 per year or equivalent) you should complete the forms and send them back to Student Finance England.

You will be sent an email informing you of this.

Once you are a registered student you will be able to see your award on your Anglia Ruskin web account (called e:Vision). It will show on the 'My Registration' page.

We will monitor the household income information received from Student Finance England throughout the academic year from September 2013 until 1 June of the following year. If you receive a late assessment after that date, which makes you eligible for the Anglia Ruskin Fee Waiver you should contact a member of our Student Services Money Advice Team who, if they agree that you are eligible, will request a back dated Anglia Ruskin Fee Waiver on your behalf.

You can only be awarded either the NSP or an Anglia Ruskin Fee Waiver not both.

Your award will be based on your household income in the first year of your course, it will not be re checked each year.

We deduct the awarded amount (based on your continuing attendance) when you return to your studies in your 2nd Semester (in each academic year).

We will inform Student Finance of your reduced Tuition Fee Liability towards the end of your second semester (in each academic year).

Yes - but it must be in the year immediately following completion of your HND. If you take a year out you will not be entitled.

Yes - If you meet all the above award and household income eligibility criteria and are studying at: Harlow College, SEEVIC, University College Peterborough or University College West Anglia. You may be allocated an NSP but there are limited numbers.

If you have applied to study at Harlow College or SEEVIC you should apply for the NSP via our online form.

If you have applied to study at University College Peterborough or University College West Anglia you should apply to them directly for the NSP.

Yes - If you meet all the award and household income eligibility criteria and are studying at Harlow College, SEEVIC University College Peterborough, University College West Anglia, Huntingdonshire Regional College or Cambridge Theological Federation.

If you are an applicant you should contact Admissions (admissions@anglia.ac.uk) or once a registered student Registration Services (scholarship@anglia.ac.uk)