Scottish Government Support for Students

For my constituents who are students at college or university:

The Scottish Government has put in place an emergency £5m fund to assist students who are facing financial hardship as a result of the outbreak of Covid-19.

The £5 million includes an additional £2.2 million for Scotland’s Higher Education (HE) Discretionary Fund specifically to address COVID-19-related hardships, which will be available to colleges and universities immediately.

University and college students will be able to apply for any emergency discretionary payments directly to their own institutions.

Your individual university/college will have more information in due course but in the mean time you can visit the website HERE but I am aware there has been some issues with the site!