If you find yourself in financial difficulty whilst at Mary's, you can apply to the following funds for help:

• The University Hardship Fund
• Access to Learning Fund (ALF)

Travel Bursaries

Travelling somewhere during the holidays?

Need some help covering travel costs?

Mary's has a special Travel Bursaries Committee which grants awards to students travelling either abroad or within the UK to help with travel costs. The money comes from several sources, including valuable scholarships set up by past students to help current students, and a bursary from our Alumni Society. 

Thanks to the travel bursaries, students in the past have travelled to Istanbul, Italy, Germany, Zimbabwe, Spain, the Philippines, India, South Africa, Thailand, Canada, France, Edinburgh... the list goes on!

How to apply

Application Guidelines for Bursaries and Scholarships 

The application should be put in writing in letter form to the President of St Mary’s College Society by the first Monday of either the Epiphany Term or the Easter Term. It should include the following information: 

1 What the activity is

2 Total costs broken down into fares, living costs, fees and other items (this should be done in table form) 

3 Details of arrangements that have already been made 

4 Details of other funding sources approached 

5 Attach a CV which must include your nationality 

6 In the event of application being successful where and how should the money be paid? 

7 In the event of application being successful a brief report (one side of A4) required within 6 weeks at end of visit