NHS Learning Support Fund and Training Grant at Oxford Brookes University 2025

Overview

• The NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF) provides financial support to students on eligible pre-registration undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare courses starting or continuing from 1 September 2020 onwards.
• The support includes a Training Grant, Parental Support, Travel and Accommodation expenses, and an Exceptional Support Fund for those facing financial hardship.

Eligibility

• To be eligible for NHS LSF, you must be studying on one of the following healthcare courses:
  • Dental Therapy or Hygiene (Level 5 and 6)
  • Dietetics
  • Midwifery
  • Nursing (Adult, Child, Mental Health, Learning
  • Disability, Joint Nursing and Social Work)
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Operating Department Practitioner (Level 5 and 6)
  • Orthoptics
  • Orthotics and Prosthetics
  • Paramedics (Note: DipHE and FD courses are not eligible)
  • Physiotherapy
  • Podiatry or Chiropody
  • Radiography (Diagnostic and Therapeutic)
  • Speech and Language Therapy

Application Process

• Applications must be submitted within six months of the academic year start date, and you should apply through the official NHS LSF system only, as applications via other systems will be rejected.