fees and costs of intercalation

[mistyblue]

I have looked on the web but info is confusing so I hope someone who has intercalated recently can shed some light:


-I will be going into 5th year when and if I intercalate so will I be under nhs bursary or will there be any way the lea will fund me for another year(i dont mind the extra debt)?

-If funded under nhs bursary do they pay the full 3000 fees or is it less than this? And can you get a bursary for living costs if intercalating?

-I am average academically, is there any chance of gaining a grant or scholarship from anywhere as the ones I've seen so far are for outstanding students which unfortunately I'm not!

-I would want to intercalate in a masters rather than a bsc how does this affect funding?

Thanks in advance I hope someone can answer these q's! :-)

[Clarkey]

Hi,

I intercalated in a masters subject and it was my fifth year of study so I might be able to help.

You will have to get the NHS bursary but you will also get the non income assesed amount from the LEA which for this year is £2324 if you started before top up fees. I'm not sure how it works if you started once top up fees came in.

The NHS will pay the fees for however much medicine would cost in the year you took out. If its £3k for you then the NHS will pay that, or less but will never pay more.

I got some help from the access to learning fund at the uni I intercalated with, but funding was difficult for me. In terms of grants and scholarships doing an intercalted masters puts you in between a rock and a hrad polace. You're an undergrad in some respects, but you're intercalating so often they won't help, and then you're doing a postgrad course and often they won't fund that. It is frustrating!

[mullanyman7]

I am also at Liverpool Uni (currently intercalating doing a BSc), but have a few friends doing the MSc. I know this year quite a lot of students got there masters paid for especially if they went through Alder Hey. The best advice is to think about what u want to intercalate in. Contact the appropriate person in charge of that topic and ask them about funding. As when you do the MSc or MPhil you will join a research team that most likely already under way (if that isn't to complicated!).

This year the NHS paid for my fees (but as I am doing a BSc they are just the normal fees to study medicine i.e. not the £8000 it costs to do a masters. With regards to a NHS bursay they didn't give me any money as the length of the BSc is 32 weeks - where as in Medicine it is over 40 weeks hence they give you a bursary. Therefore you have to manage on a student loan (which in 5th year is half that of previous years)!!!

P.S. I don't think many people realise you get more MTAS points by doing an BSc Vs Mphil or MSc! Not sure if this is related to your choice of intercalation!