You will need to upload supporting documentation in the final section of this application. Please submit documents that are applicable to you (from the list shown at the end of this application form), or any further evidence that has been requested of you within your triage appointment.
If you have 5 or more children, please provide their details (including childcare costs) in the Supporting Statement section.
Please state the account details, overdraft facilities and current balances of all bank accounts you have at the time of application. Please include any online bank accounts, trading accounts, cryptocurrency accounts and joint accounts. You will need to provide statements for the last 3 months (up to the day before you hand in your application) for every account held
If you have more than 4 bank accounts, please reference these in your Section 2 statement.
Please state any debt(s) / loan(s) (excluding Student Loans) / credit card(s) / store card(s) that you currently hold. You will need to provide evidence of your latest balance for these.
If you have more than 4 debt(s) / loan(s) (excluding Student Loans) / credit card(s) / store card(s), please reference these in your Section 2 statement.
Essential Living and Course Costs
Essential living costs for all members of your household will be based on expenditure levels that are recommended by the National Association of Student Money Advisers. Examples of which include:
Course costs and travel costs are set by Student Funding Support.
Please upload all documents that are applicable to you from the list below or that have been requested of you following your triage appointment. These documents should all pertain to the 2024-25 academic year.
Please note, failure to provide all of your required documentation within your application will result in a delay in you being offered a Hardship Fund appointment.
Masters or Doctoral Loan Notification
NHS Bursary Notification and Payment Breakdown
Initial Teacher Training Bursary Notification
Research Funding Council Award Notification
A completed Childcare Information Form, this needs to be signed by your childcare provider.
A copy of your most recent credit card(s)/store card (s)/loan statement(s).
A copy of any utility arrears (including council tax).
Evidence of any rent/mortgage arrears.
If you have received debt advice or debt counselling, please provide evidence of your Debt Management Plan.
Your council tax notification letter (if not exempt).
Evidence of any additional costs you have outlined in your application.
A completed Partner Information Form, including all the requested documents outlined on the Partner Information Form.
If you have been unable to upload any of your evidence or if you have any subsequent changes in your financial circumstances (which occur during the application process), please email this to us instead at studentfunding@warwick.ac.uk.
Application timeline
Once we have received your application, and all your required evidence, you will be asked to provide your appointment availability via an online form (appointments are usually conducted over Microsoft Teams). Once we have booked your appointment, you will receive a confirmation email and Microsoft Teams invite to your Warwick student email.
Your appointment will last approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour. More information regarding the topics discussed at your appointment can be found in the relevant guidance notes on our Hardship Fund website pages.
Providing we have received all your required documentation prior to your appointment, you will ordinarily be notified of the outcome of your application via email within 10 working days. If your application has been successful, your award may be credited to your University account for accommodation, University Nursery charges or repayment of emergency loans. This will be discussed and agreed with you at your appointment, if appropriate.
Any award due to be paid directly into your bank account will be paid within a further 10 working days from receipt of your bank details, so please follow the instructions in the application outcome email to submit your bank details promptly. Please note, we can only make payment into UK bank accounts or some digital accounts. We cannot make payments in cash.
Please note it can take up to 5 weeks from a fully completed application to receipt of funds, if you are found to be eligible.
Other helpful resources:
I confirm that the information I have provided is, to the best of my knowledge, complete and correct. I understand that this information may be verified and that any significant discrepancy may result in my application being delayed or cancelled. Fraudulent applications will be treated as an extremely serious offence.
In submitting this form I agree to report subsequent changes in my financial circumstances, which occur during the application process, to Student Funding Support.
Privacy notice
In submitting this form, I can confirm that I have read and understood the below privacy notices.
The legal basis for processing your personal data is consent, which is obtained through your completion of this form.
We are required to send some of the information we hold about registered students to HESA (the Higher Education Statistics Agency). If you want to know more about how HESA uses the data, please see their privacy policy.
The University of Warwick is the Data Controller of any information you have entered on this form and is committed to protecting the rights of individuals in line with Data Protection Legislation. The University's Data Protection webpages provide further information on your rights and how the University processes personal data. If you wish to submit a data subjects rights request, make a complaint or report a suspected personal data breach, please contact the University’s Data Protection Officer by email at infocompliance@warwick.ac.uk.
reCAPTCHA is a utility used to verify you're not a robot filling out this form. Unfortunately this has failed to load correctly.
Please try reloading the page. If the problem persists, or if you are in a country which blocks Google products, please contact us by using the ‘page contact’ link at the foot of this page.
