Equality and Diversity home

What are equality and diversity, and how can we promote them?

Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally and no less favourably, specific to their needs, including areas of race, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation and age.

Diversity aims to recognise, respect and value people’s differences to contribute and realise their full potential by promoting an inclusive culture for all staff and students.

We can promote equality and diversity by:

Scholarships and Student Funding home

Explanations of frequently used terms you will come across in your search for funding.

A bursary is an amount of money granted to a student in financial need to help with their living costs. They do not have to be repaid.

Funding can often be found through Charitable Trusts. These sources are varied. Financial help may be available for study costs, tuition fees, books and travel expenses. In some cases help may be available for living costs.

Discretionary funds are an additional source of financial support provided by the Government to help meet the living costs of students who are experiencing financial hardship.