Access+ Travel Bursary Terms & Conditions

The bursary is offered as part of our commitment to ensure that students who wish to visit our University are able to do so, therefore enabling them to make an informed decision on where they wish to study.

We want to see as many of you as possible at our open days and offer holder open days. We have a limited fund and want to make sure as many of you as possible could have some contribution towards your costs for visiting us so we’ve changed the way we offer this. 

• The Access+ Travel Bursary is available for visits to undergraduate open days and offer holder days.
• Your application must be received within two weeks of the date of your visit to the University.
• Distance travelled will be calculated by the University when processing your claim, using latitude and longitude, to calculate the straight-line distance.
• Access+ Travel Bursary is only available for travel within the UK.
• Verification of attendance will be checked against attendance at your pre-booked subject activities - please ensure you register on the day. If you are unable to register at your subject talk, please make yourself known at our Access Sheffield stand in the Information Fair so that we can record your attendance.
• If we are unable to verify your attendance we will be unable to process a claim for the Travel Bursary.

Eligibility and Visits

Open Days

• Access+ Travel Bursary is  available for events advertised on Open days | Undergraduate study | The University of Sheffield.
• Applicants for the travel bursary self-identify and declare their Access+ eligibility when completing the claim form.
• Self-declaration of eligibility does not guarantee that we will be able to consider an application from you or that an offer of a study would be an Access+ offer.
• Accepting the Access+ Travel bursary contribution does not guarantee that we will be able to offer you a study place, if we have not already done so.

Offer Holder Days 

• Access+ Travel Bursary is  available if you receive an invitation to book one of our Offer holder days | Undergraduate study | The University of Sheffield, which usually  take place between February and April.
• Students must be holding an Access+ offer to start their first undergraduate degree and be in the first year of their studies. This includes the foundation year of a science or engineering degree.
• Applicants eligibility will be checked against the offer made and your student record with us.
• Accepting the Access+ Travel bursary contribution does not commit you to accept Sheffield as your Firm or Insurance choice. 

All Claims

• You can only apply for the Access+ Travel bursary once for each type of event i.e. open day and offer holder day.
• Guests accompanying prospective students but travelling separately are not eligible to claim the Access+ Travel Bursary
• The Access+ Travel Bursary  contribution is not available for students attending any other type of visit/event e.g. campus tours, individual tours, school/college visits,  subject tasters and interviews.
• The the Access+ Travel bursary is not available for current University of Sheffield students
• Students must be Home students. Find out more about home and overseas fee status.
• If you are asked provide additional information in support of your claims/updated details - please respond within 10 working days or we will not to be able to process your claim
• The University will not be deemed to be in breach of any Terms and Conditions due to changes to eligibility criteria, or other circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the University. It should therefore be noted that these conditions are regularly reviewed and are subject to change from time to time. The University’s decision in relation to the payment of the Access+ Travel bursary is final.

Every effort has been made to ensure that all details about the Access+ Travel Bursary contribution are correct at the time of writing. The University of Sheffield has the right to withdraw or amend the Access+ Travel Bursary at any time.