UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Registry

Student Finance: Glossary

  • ALG: Welsh Assembly Learning Grant - This applies to Welsh Students.
  • Allied Health Profession: At the University of Glasgow, this only affects final-year medical and dental students.
  • Bursary: A non-repayable award made to eligible students.
  • Charitable Trust: Charitable organisations which give eligible students funds to help meet the costs of their studies.
  • Dependent Student: A student whose parents' income is taken into account.
  • DIUS: Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
  • DSA: Disabled Students' Allowance.
  • Educational Trust: Charitable organisations which give eligible students funds to help meet the costs of their studies.
  • EEA: European Economic Area
  • ELB: Education and Library Board. Northern Irish students apply to their ELB for tuition fee assistance and maintenance support.
  • EU: European Union
  • Grant: A non-repayable award made to eligible students.
  • HEI: Higher Education Institute.
  • Income assessed: This is where either your, your family's, or your spouse's income is taken into consideration when assessing what assistance you may be entitled to.
  • Independent Student: A student whose parents' income is not taken into account.
  • International Student: This is a student who is not from the UK or the EU or EEA.
  • Home Student: A student who has been ordinarily resident in the UK for the past three years, for reasons other than education..
  • Mature Student: A student who at the start of their course is either:
    • over 25
    • married or in a civil partnership
    • has been self supporting for the previous three years
  • Means tested: This is where either your, your family's, or your spouse's income is taken into consideration when assessing what assistance you may be entitled to.
  • Ordinarily resident: Ordinarily resident has been defined in the courts as ‘habitual and normal residence in one place’. It basically means that you, your parents or your husband or wife live in a country year after year by choice throughout a set period, apart from temporary or occasional absences such as holidays or business trips. Living in the UK for the purpose of receiving full-time education does not count as being ordinarily resident.
  • Residual Income: This is what is considered to be your income after allowances have been taken into account, SAAS, your LEA or your ELB calculate this.
  • SAAS: Students Awards Agency for Scotland - the one stop shop for fee assistance and living support for Scottish Students.
  • Scholarship: This is a non-repayable amount of money paid to a student by an organisation or charitable trust.
  • SLC: Student Loans Company.
  • Sponsorship: This is a non-repayable sum offered by some employers to some students, often in exchange for summer placements. See the Careers' Service for more details.
  • SRC: Students' Representatvie Council.
  • Young student: A student who at the start of their course is either:
    • under 25
    • unmarried or not in a civil partnership
    • has not been self-supporting for the previous three years