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The University of Northampton (UON) Fund

UK UG Final Year

Please be aware that The University of Northampton (UON) Fund was previously named The University of Northampton Bursary.

For the entrants awards packages for previous academic years, please scroll to the bottom of the page.

2025/26 Entrants Award Package

If you are commencing a full-time undergraduate course in 2025/26 and will be a UK (Home) student within a relevant postcode area*. The University of Northampton (UON) Fund offers additional support in your level 6 year of study (this will usually be in your final year of study).

**In the first year of your course, you would receive the benefits package of either a laptop, catering credit or £500 accommodation discount.**

The UON Fund is automatically assessed. You do not need to apply separately for a fund assessment.
Payments made from this fund do not have to be repaid. It will not affect payment of your maintenance loans.

If eligible, you would receive a payment of £500 in your level 6 year of study – this payment will be made based on your course start date as follows:

  • September start – Payment will be made in March
  • January start – Payment will be made in July
  • April start – Payment will be made in November

Further details on how you will receive your payment will be available in the relevant academic year in which you receive the payment.

Eligibility

  • You must be studying a full 3 or 4 year Undergraduate full time course or 2 year intensive course at the University of Northampton.
  • be a UK (home) student
  • be paying tuition fees of £9,535 or £11,100 Intensive (these may change in line with any fee increases as set by the government) and be paying your fees either by loan, yourself, or another sponsor
  • be a student from an area of high socio-economic deprivation (*IMD Q1/2)
  • be enrolled and attending as a full-time student on a BA or BSc course

If you meet any of the following, unfortunately you would not be eligible for the UON Fund:

  • studying at a Partner Institution
  • on a course funded by ELCAS
  • studying on a sandwich year or year abroad
  • If you are studying on a full time course on a part time basis

Terms and Conditions

  • To qualify for the level 6 payment, you must be fully enrolled and attending your course at the start of the second semester of the relevant academic year of your level 6 study. If you withdraw from your course prior to the start of semester 2, you will not receive this payment.
  • Any fund, bursary or scholarship payment made by the University of Northampton in error or paid as a result of inaccurate data, will be recovered from the student.
  • If you are due to receive an award from the UON Fund but have an overdue debt related to your tuition fees or course, the award will be transferred to repay all or part of this. This applies to Tuition fee debt only.
*How to check the IMD quintile of your home postcode

IMD refers to the Indices of Multiple Deprivation and is a means by which we target additional funding for students who may have experienced barriers to higher education.

To qualify for the fund in year 3 of your course, your home postcode can be from any of the UK home nations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).

To find your postcode, go to the relevant postcode look up:

Follow the instructions through each relevant country’s IMD postcode checker to find your IMD decile/quintile.

How do deciles link to quintiles?
  • IMD Decile 1 or 2 = IMD quintile 1
  • IMD Decile 3 or 4 = IMD quintile 2
  • IMD Decile 5 or 6 = IMD quintile 3
  • IMD Decile 7 or 8 = IMD quintile 4
  • IMD Decile 9 or 10 = IMD quintile 5

For the UON Fund, students from IMD quintile 1 and 2 (deciles 1 – 4) qualify for the UON Fund in Year 3 of your undergraduate course. All undergraduate home students qualify for the Benefits package in year 1.


For any questions relating to the above, please contact income@northampton.ac.uk