Student Awards Agency Scotland
We are an agency of the Scottish Government giving financial support to all eligible students doing a course of higher education in the UK.
What we do:
- assess and pay financial support for living costs and tuition fees
- deal with the Students' Allowances Scheme, the Postgraduate Students' Allowances Scheme (PSAS), the Nursing and Midwifery Students Bursary Scheme (NMSB) and applications for student loans
- provide resources and data to the Student Loans Company for the payment of student loans
- distribute Discretionary Funds to Scottish colleges and universities;
- maintain a register of charities that offer educational endowments
- help learners through the Individual Learning Accounts Scotland (ILAS) scheme, which we administer with Skills Development Scotland
- work with the Scottish Government Health Directorate to develop and deliver NHS Bursaries targeted at specific groups (e.g. Dentistry students)