{"id":24780,"date":"2023-11-22T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T07:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/?p=24780"},"modified":"2023-10-06T13:02:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T12:02:20","slug":"how-bus-postgraduate-financial-support-helped-me-against-every-students-worst-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2023\/11\/22\/how-bus-postgraduate-financial-support-helped-me-against-every-students-worst-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"How BU’s postgraduate financial support helped me against every student’s worst enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Some students prefer to stay at the same university after their undergraduate degree and advance to postgraduate study, and I was no different.<\/p>\r\n

However, one of any student’s major worries is, “How am I going to pay for this?”.<\/p>\r\n

Having enough money and finding ways to spend less money has always been a part of student life, and being a postgraduate student didn’t excuse me from these worries. It was unavoidable, so I needed help.<\/p>\r\n

Thankfully, after speaking to the lovely staff in our CareersBU Team<\/a>, I found out that BU offered a variety of postgraduate scholarships and tuition support to help postgraduate students such as myself.<\/p>\r\n

\"Graduate<\/a>

Graduate discount page on the BU website<\/p><\/div>\r\n

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The first one I was so glad to discover was the BU Graduate Discount<\/a>, resulting in a 20% discount on my tuition fees. This released some of the tension I was experiencing, but I was even more surprised when they told me this wasn’t the only fee reduction I could get.<\/p>\r\n

The second option to aid my tuition was the Academic Achievement Scholarship<\/a>, which gave me a \u00a32,000 reduction from my tuition fees on the condition that I earned a 2:1 (upper second) or higher in a previous undergraduate degree. At the time, I had received my results and earned a 2:1 in my undergraduate degree, so I was super excited that I also qualified for this.<\/p>\r\n

\"Academic<\/a>

Academic Achievement Scholarship page on the BU website<\/p><\/div>\r\n

Even more surprising, I could combine these two reductions; it wasn’t like a gift voucher where I could only use one. (Click on each photo, right, for clearer information from our website).<\/p>\r\n

Here are some helpful tips for anyone hoping to apply for any BU fee discounts, scholarships, or bursaries:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n