Guidance
Residential Bursary Fund guide
Information for institutions with 16 to 18 Residential Bursary Fund allocations in academic year 2025 to 2026.
Applies to England
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Students, parents and carers should read聽get funding for college accommodation聽for information about eligibility and claiming funding.
This guide is for institutions with Residential Bursary Fund (RBF) allocations in academic year 2025 to 2026.
The guide sets out the funding rules for聽RBF聽and forms part of institutions鈥� Department for Education funding agreements. Institutions must comply with the rules, within the context of the聽RBF聽policies they set, to manage the funds and must be able to show they comply with this guide at any audit.
Updates to this page
Published 2 April 2025