International Students Emergency Fund

The International Students Emergency Fund is provided by the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) to the University of the Highlands and Islands to support international students facing specific financial hardship. This fund is specifically designed for students who are facing financial hardship as a result of a significant change of circumstances and are at risk of not being able to continue their studies due to that hardship. Changes of circumstances can include being unable to return home because of conflicts or the fear of persecution. The fund is available throughout the academic year with no specific deadline. The program is targeted at non-UK domiciled students on international fee places or UK domiciled students not eligible for living cost support from UK funding bodies who have applied to the Home Office for a form of leave or extension. Asylum seekers are eligible as they are not entitled to living cost support from SAAS. However, international students on normal student visas are not eligible to apply. Students facing financial hardship directly as a consequence of a global conflict can apply to the main Discretionary Fund instead.