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Scholarships and Bursaries 2025/26

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Scholarships and Bursaries 2025/26

Government Teaching Bursaries 2025/26

What is available?

Initial Teacher Education (ITE - FES)

ITE – FES (Further Education and Skills). ITE bursaries are only available for the subjects in the table below, for courses starting in the 2026 to 2027 academic year.

We are pleased to be able to announce the continuation of FE ITE bursaries for the 2026 to 2027 academic year for skilled non-graduates as well as graduates who are training pre-service to teach high-priority shortage subjects in the FE sector in England.

The pre-service bursaries are a tax-free cash incentive paid to individual trainees while completing an approved Recognised FE ITE course eligible for student support 2026 to 2027 FE teaching qualification (Level 5 or above).

Find out more

For 2026/27, we are offering bursaries of:

Subject Bursary

Mathematics £31,000

Science (including Chemistry, Physics and Biology) £31,000

Engineering (and/or Manufacturing) £31,000

Computing £31,000

Special Education Needs and Diabilities (SEND) £15,000

English (Capped at 100 places) £10,000

For more information on teaching bursaries and scholarships speak to the University Funding team or the programme leader.

Page last reviewed and updated September 2025.

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