Applicant interview travel expenses
You may be able to claim up to £50 towards the cost of traveling to your pre-entry interview.
Eligibility
If you have applied to one of the following courses and have received an invite to attend a pre-entry interview as part of the application process, you must meet any one of the following criteria, which is available to us on your UCAS application form:
- you have been accepted onto the University’s PARTNERS Programme Supported Entry route
- you are taking part in the Realising Opportunities Programme
- you are taking part in the Sutton Trust Pathways to Medicine Programme
- you have experienced time in care
- you are an asylum seeker or refugee
- you are currently in receipt of, or entitled to, free school meals
- you live in an area of the UK from which very few students progress to higher education
- You must be living in a postcode that is assigned TUNDRA LSOA Quintile 1. Find out more about the TUNDRA data.
How we will confirm your eligibility
After you submit your application for reimbursement, we will review your UCAS application. We will confirm that you meet one of the eligibility criteria listed above.
To find out if your postcode is eligible, you can search for it below:
How to apply
You will only be able to apply for reimbursement after you have attended your interview, so we can confirm your attendance.
Once you have attended, the relevant interview team may sent you a link to the form to claim your reimbursement. If this does not happen, please contact visit.bursary@newcastle.ac.uk to be provided with the form.
Any questions...
If you have any queries about the process, please contact us at: visit.bursary@newcastle.ac.uk