If you are a full-time or part-time home/EU undergraduate student starting a programme in 2023-24 paying the £9,250 fee you should be eligible for the Aspire Bursary.

Students studying through partnership arrangements are not eligible for the bursary, with the exception of students studying the BA Professional Acting course at Drama Studio London.

In your first year of study, you will receive a Book Bundle exceeding £100 per Full-time Student and exceeding £50 per Part-time Student.

In the rest of your course, you will receive two x £100 payment per Full-time Student and two x £50 payment per Part-time Student on your UWL Aspire card. The money will normally be added to your cards in these years:

For 3 year undergraduate courses - 2nd and 3rd year

For 4 year undergraduate course with foundation - 3rd and 4th year

For 4 year undergraduate courses with placement - 2nd and 4th year

For 4 year Part-time undergraduate courses - 3rd and 4th year

For 5 year Part-time undergraduate courses - 3rd and 5th year

If you are a full-time or part-time home/EU undergraduate student starting a programme in 2023-24 paying the £9,250 fee you should be eligible for the Aspire Bursary The bundle will be valued at more than £100 per full time student and more than £50 per part time student. The book bundle will have the core books needed for the course studied that year.

The majority of books are eBooks and will be provided to you when you complete enrolment. If you have printed books to collect you will collect them during induction week at Ealing in room HT.GF.005.  If you are studying in Reading, collection will be on 26th September 2023.

Aspire funds are automatically credited when students enrol at level 5 and again at level 6. You will receive an email letting you know when you have received the funds and you can use them on this UWL Aspire portal.  Click on SHOP to navigate everything that is available might need to support your studies.

Use your funds to buy books, stationery and resources.

If you are entitled to the Bursary you will automatically receive an email notifying you.  Your login details are the same as your university credentials.  Your username is your university email address.

In your first year of study, you will receive a Book Bundle exceeding £100 per Full-time Student and exceeding £50 per Part-time Student.

In the rest of your course, you will receive two x £100 payment per Full-time Student and two x £50 payment per Part-time Student on your UWL Aspire card. The money will normally be added to your cards in these years:

For 3 year undergraduate courses - 2nd and 3rd year

For 4 year undergraduate course with foundation - 3rd and 4th year

For 4 year undergraduate courses with placement - 2nd and 4th year

For 4 year Part-time undergraduate courses - 3rd and 4th year

For 5 year Part-time undergraduate courses - 3rd and 5th year

Eligible students will receive their funds once they have completed registration with the University of West London. The funds are linked to your student email address, so you will receive an email with the details of how to log in to that address.

Your UWL Aspire Bursary is not a loan and you do not have to pay it back. The funds are provided for you by your university to help with the extra costs associated with studying. It does not add to your student debt.

You can spend your funds online here. 

Unspent funds at the end of each academic year will NOT be rolled over for you to use in your next academic year. Unspent funds will be wiped. You will be notified of when this will happen giving you a months notice providing you have not opted out of  marketing.

You can spend your funds on books and other learning resources such as tablets and laptops which are available online here.

UWL Aspire has put in place a number of measures to ensure that each student's Aspire funds are securely protected.  Your account is secure using your university credentials.

For any specific queries about the Scheme and/or your account please email us at customer.services@uwlaspire.co.uk