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bursary

[bur-suh-ree] / ˈbɜr sə ri /




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The bursary will be paid for from a £30m pot, funded through the growth and skills levy, a tax on employers with annual wage bills over £3m.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Under plans to encourage young people into work, families will be offered a bursary to replace Universal Credit payments lost by starting jobs.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Miss Powell, who has graduated after studying cinematography and film/video production, said her bursary meant "not feeling burdened by the additional expenses that can come with certain courses".

From BBC Sep. 17, 2025

"Our teaching bursary scheme offers a payment to career changers undertaking graduate teacher training in hard-to-fill subjects, including computing science."

From BBC Sep. 4, 2025

She’d lost the bursary when she’d left her job at ICI, and paying for private school was becoming a burden.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

The education minister said the bursaries aimed to tackle teacher shortages in critical subjects.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2025

She said the university provides more than £7m in bursaries and hardship funds each year, as well as running financial literacy courses and setting up a student essentials larder.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2025

Teesside University, for example, has advertised £2,000 off accommodation for animation, games programming and visual effects students, while Goldsmiths is offering 100 accommodation bursaries worth £1,800.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2025

Students can also apply for a number of bursaries and grants.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2025

My mother’s company offered bursaries, scholarships, for underprivileged families, and she managed to get me into Maryvale College, an expensive private Catholic school.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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