ALF
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- Types of support
- Eligibility
- How to apply (please note that the ALF Fund is currently closed)
- Deadlines and Summer Fund
- Appeals
- Additional Fee Support Scheme
Access to Learning Fund (ALF)
The Access to Learning Fund has now closed for full time and part time Undergraduate students.
If you are a full time postgraduate student or a Diploma Nurse you are still able to apply until 6th July 2012. To request an application form please contact Student Life on 0161 295 0023 or email us sft-academic@salford.ac.uk or call into one of our advice desk located in University House 8:30am-5pm, Adelphi, Allerton or Media City 10am-3pm.
If you are a full time continuing undergraduate student and wish to apply to the Summer Fund, the expected opening date is Monday 11th June 2012. Forms will be available to download from Friday 8th June 2012.
Summer Fund
The Access to Learning Fund will re-open on 11 June 2012 for summer award applications from eligible full-time undergraduates who are unable to support themselves over the summer period. The level of summer awards will be subject to the amount of funds remaining.
Applications for summer awards will be accepted from Monday 11 June until Friday 6 July 2012.
During August 2012 the Fund will be closed and no new applications or re-applications will be accepted. However, any continuing student who is in an emergency welfare situation during the month of August may contact Information, Advice and Guidance to request help.
The Access to Learning Fund 2012-13 will open in September 2012.
If you wish to apply, you can download a form by clicking on our 'how to apply' site. Alternatively, you can pick up a form from any of our Student Life Advice Desks on campus (University House, Adelphi, Allerton, or Media City). Please see below for more information on ALF.
What is the Access to Learning Fund?
The Government provides the University of Salford with money known as the Access to Learning Fund (ALF) to help you if you need extra financial support either because:
- you have higher than average costs, or
- you face unexpected financial problems during your course
You may be able to get help from ALF for:
- course-related costs, such as childcare and travel to university
- general living costs, such as rent
- emergency costs if your Student Maintenance Loan is delayed
You will not normally get help from ALF for:
- payment of tuition fees (unless you qualify for the Additional Fee Support Scheme for part-time undergraduates)
- payment of specialist course-related equipment or field trips
- repayment of outstanding non-priority debts, such as credit cards or bank overdrafts
Most of the awards from ALF are grants which do not have to be repaid, but some emergency funding is in the form of short-term loans which have to be repaid when you receive your Student Maintenance Loan.
If you have applied for your Student Finance England maintenance funding, but have not recieved it yet, you may be able to apply for a small emergency loan from the Access to Learning Fund. Please follow this link for further information- Emergency Loans
If you have difficulty paying your fees
Click here to find out more about problems paying your fees.
If you are a part-time undergraduate, please click here.