Undergraduate: Individual needs

• Personal Independence Payment (PIP): students with a long-term illness or impairment who need assistance with mobility or daily life may be entitled to additional financial support. 
• Employment and Support Allowance (ESA): disabled students who receive Personal Independence Payment may be eligible for additional support. If you are entitled to a student loan (even if you choose not to take one), part of this will be considered as income when assessing your ESA entitlement.
• Housing benefit: disabled students may be eligible for housing benefit, even for university-owned accommodation. Check the full eligibility criteria.
• If a health condition or impairment prevents you from working, you may be eligible for income support. This may also apply if you are pregnant, a carer, or a lone parent to a child under five years old, but you will need to meet all the eligibility criteria.
• Parents and carers may be eligible for a Childcare Grant, a Parents’ Learning Allowance, or an Adult Dependants’ Grant.

• Personal Independence Payment (PIP): students with a long-term illness or impairment who need assistance with mobility or daily life may be entitled to additional financial support. 
• Employment and Support Allowance (ESA): disabled students who receive Personal Independence Payment may be eligible for additional support.
• Housing benefit: disabled students may be eligible for housing benefit, even for university-owned accommodation. Check the full eligibility criteria.
• If a health condition or impairment prevents you from working, you may be eligible for income support. This may also apply if you’re pregnant, a carer, or a lone parent to a child under five years old, but you will need to meet all the eligibility criteria.
• Parents and carers may be eligible for a Childcare Grant, a Parents' Learning Allowance, or an Adult Dependent’s Grant.
• If you're attending a clinical placement in the UK, or if you have to travel abroad as part of your course, you may be eligible for a Travel Grant to help with your expenses.

• Living cost grants are available for carers and lone parents.
• Care Experienced Accommodation Grant: if you are a care leaver, you can apply for help with accommodation costs over the holidays. More details for students who have been in care can be found on our care leavers’ page.
• Personal Independence Payment (PIP): students with a long-term illness or impairment who need assistance with mobility or daily life may be entitled to additional financial support. 
• Employment and Support Allowance (ESA): disabled students who receive Personal Independence Payment may be eligible for additional support with an ESA.
• Housing benefit: disabled students may be eligible for housing benefit, even for university-owned accommodation. Check the full eligibility criteria.
• If a health condition or impairment prevents you from working, you may be eligible for income support. This may also apply if you are pregnant, or a carer or lone parent to a child under five but you will need to meet all the eligibility criteria.
• Parents and carers may be eligible for a Childcare Grant, a Lone Parent’s Grant, or a Dependent’s Grant.

• Personal Independence Payment (PIP): students with a long-term illness or impairment who need assistance with mobility or daily life may be entitled to additional financial support. 
• Employment and Support Allowance (ESA): you may be able to get the ESA if you have an illness or impairment that affects your ability to work.
• Housing benefit: disabled students may be entitled to claim housing benefit, even for university-owned accommodation.
• If a health condition or impairment prevents you from working, you may be eligible for income support. This may also apply if you are pregnant, a carer, or a lone parent to a child under five years old, but you will need to meet all the eligibility criteria.

States of Jersey

For more information about benefits available to students from the States of Jersey, visit the benefits and financial support pages on the government information services website.

States of Guernsey

For more information about benefits available to students from the States of Guernsey, visit the benefit information pages on the government information services website.

The Isle of Man

For more information about benefits available to students from the Isle of Man, visit the social security benefits pages on the government information services website.