Student Success Scholarship

Financial support to help you succeed at Sheffield Hallam.

The information on this page is correct for the 2025/26 academic year, it will be updated for the 2026/27 academic year in August 2026.

Overview

The Student Success Scholarship is designed to help you succeed at Sheffield Hallam.

What you could receive

Successful applicants will receive an award of between £600 and £2,100. Most students will receive an award from the lower end of this scale. Only students who are in several priority groups will be considered for the highest amount.

Award amounts available in the 2025/26 academic year will be less than those awarded in 2024/25. This will affect second and final year students.

Part-time students will receive a proportional award.

You can only receive the scholarship once per academic year, and you need to reapply each academic year.

Who can apply

You can apply for the Student Success Scholarship if you:

• are fully enrolled,
• are studying an undergraduate, PGCE or integrated masters course,
• have 'home' fee status,
• are paying a 2025/26 tuition fee of £9,535, or the foundation year fee of £5,760, or the part-time equivalent (this can be self-funded or through a student loan),
• have been means tested by a UK student funding body (such as Student Finance England),
• have a household income of £62,377 or less, and
• have consented to share your household income with the University as part of the means testing process.

Although you need to be means tested, you do not have to take out a maintenance loan to be eligible. If you cannot be means tested, please let us know by contacting Hallam Help.

You are not eligible for this scholarship if:

• you receive a teacher education scholarship/bursary,
• you are studying a School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) course,
• you receive an NHS Training Grant or Social Work Bursary, or
• it would negatively affect your eligibility for another scholarship/bursary.

If you receive benefits and/or any other financial support, it is your responsibility to check whether receiving an award will affect your entitlement(s)/payments.

When to apply

There are two application windows planned for the 2025/26 academic year, but you can only receive the scholarship once per academic year.

Application windows and expected payment dates:

How are applications assessed

To determine if you are eligible for an award and how much your award will be, we will look at your household income* and the priority groups you are in. 

Our priority groups are:

• Care leavers
• Students who are estranged from their family
• Students with caring responsibilities
• Students who have refugee status
• Transgender students, inclusive of non-binary genders
• Student parents
• Students with a disability*
• Final year students*
• Student from minority ethnic backgrounds*
• Students studying a high-cost or high-intensity course*

*You will not be asked about these in your application. We already have this information and will be considered automatically.

How to apply

If you are eligible to apply, you will see the application form in My Student Record. Go to the scholarships section to start your application.

The application form will only ask you about the priority groups that require supporting evidence. You will need to upload evidence for each of the priority groups you select.

You must read the terms and conditions document before applying. This lists the evidence you will need to provide for each priority group.

Applications are closed. The second application window will open on Wednesday 7 January 2026.

If you cannot see the scholarships section in My Student Record or if you cannot see the link to apply, visit the Student Success Scholarship troubleshooter page to find out why.

What happens next

We will contact you if we need more evidence. If you are missing evidence, we will work out your award based on the evidence we do have at the time applications close.

We will contact you about one month after the application window closes to tell you the outcome of your application. If your application is successful, we will confirm your award amount and give instructions on how to provide your bank details.

We will confirm your payment date after you have provided your bank details.

Need help

Please visit the troubleshooter page before contacting the university as this may help answer your question. If you still have questions about the Student Success Scholarship, please contact Hallam Help.