Visit Bursary for School Groups
This fund is available for teachers, to support with the costs of bringing students to campus.
PLEASE NOTE: the following information is relevant for 2024/25. Our Visit Bursary offering for 2025/26 is under review. We will update this page with more information soon. If you have any queries, contact visit.bursary@ncl.ac.uk.
How much can I claim?
For the academic year 2024/25, state school and college staff can claim between £250 - £750. We will use eligibility criteria as outlined in our Access and Participation Plan, such as percentage of free school meal students and the socieconomic background of the students at your school, to determine the value of your travel bursary.
We will confirm the value available to your school upon submission of the form on this page. If you'd like an urgent response, please email us using the details below.
Where possible, we don’t want the cost of travel to be a limiting factor in attending our on-campus events. If you’re concerned that the available bursary will prevent your school group from accessing campus, please get in touch to discuss this further.
What can the Visit Bursary be used for?
The Visit Bursary can support travel costs for on-campus outreach events. Teachers or advisers can book this for their school groups. Eligible events may include:
- University Open Days
- On-campus outreach days (for example, one-day events booked via our outreach team, library services or STEM outreach team)
Please note:
- this funding is available only to school groups
- it is not available on an individual basis
- only school staff can request bursaries
- the allowance can only be used for transport or supply costs incurred by student groups visiting the Newcastle University campus
- the funding is available to state schools/colleges only
- we will consider bursary applications individually
- we will take into account the number of visits and the cumulative amount claimed per school/college during this academic year
- available funding may vary from 2024/25 onwards
If you have any queries, please contact us by email at visit.bursary@ncl.ac.uk.
How to apply
Our Visit Bursary offering for 2025/26 is under review. We will update this page with more information soon. If you have any queries, contact visit.bursary@ncl.ac.uk.