Documentary Evidence

Before submitting your application for financial hardship support, ensure you have downloaded and save all of the required evidence to support your application before applying. All students must submit evidence from sections 1 - 3 and if applicable, section 4. For Help downloading your UK bank statements, see section 5.

Failure to submit evidence will cause delays in processing your application.

• 1. Fee Funding

  Nursing Students - BSO Bursary letter of confirmed entitlement

  ROI/EU students – Student Finance EU Tuition Fee Loan confirmation letter & SUSI confirmation letter (ROI only).

  International students - Evidence that fees have been fully paid or a payment plan has been arranged with the Fees office.

  PhD Students – Scholarship letter detailing stipend.

  If you are not eligible for funding due to previous study – Evidence that fees have been fully paid or a payment plan has been arranged with the Fees office.

• 2. Living arrangements

  If you are not living with parents or guardians full-time, you will need to upload evidence for one of the following:

  Living in Student Accommodation – Confirmation letter detailing total amount due.

  Living in rented housing - Tenancy agreement detailing clearly showing your name, address and monthly amount payable (Tenancy deposit scheme receipts cannot be accepted in lieu of a full tenancy)

  Homeowner - Mortgage statement detailing your name, address and monthly amount payable.

• 3. Your current financial situation

  Financial Statements

  Students must provide statements for all banking/financial accounts, including statements from Revolut, Monzo, PayPal, Moneybox, etc. and in all currencies.

  • Three months bank statements to date, are required for all financial/bank accounts held solely or jointly in your name (e.g. with partner) for all currencies.
  • We can only accept official downloaded eStatements in PDF format or scanned copies of original paper statements.

  Credit Accounts

  If you have any of the following, please upload your most recent statement for all that apply:

  • Credit card
  • Personal Bank loan
  • Credit Union account (Statement must show current shares and loan balances)
• 4. Additional evidence

  Please upload evidence for all that apply:

  • Two months recent Childcare receipts for registered child care provider
  • Last two months pay-slips showing your earnings
  • Last two months pay-slips showing your partners earnings
• 5. How to download official UK bank statements

  Current & Savings Accounts

  If you are unable to access your statements using the below instructions or in the required PDF eStatement format, please contact your bank for further support.

  For accounts that have been closed within the last three months, your bank legally has to provide statements for up to five years from the date of closure. If you cannot easily source these, your bank will have full details available on their website.

  AIB/First Trust

  • Log-in to your AIB/First Trust online banking
  • Click on ‘Accounts’ in the menu bar across the top of the screen
  • Select ‘My Statements’ or  ‘e-statements’ from the drop down box
  • Select the account and the month required.  NB you will have to do this separately for each month required.
  • Click on ‘view e statement’
  • Statement will open in a separate window
  • Repeat above for all accounts and months required

  Bank of Ireland

  (BOI 365 online banking account required):

  • Select Statements from main menu.
  • Choose the second tab, ‘Statements and documents’.
  • Select the account from the drop-down list.
  • Choose the eStatement you wish to view. This will open in a new tab or window on your browser.
  • In the browser menu, choose print.
  • Choose "Print to PDF" or "Save to PDF".
  • Click on Save.
  • A ‘Save As’ dialog box will appear. This enables you to choose where on your PC to save your eStatement.

  Danske

  • Log into eBanking
  • Go to 'Home' and to your right you will see  'Important Information'
  • Click on 'Unread documents in Electronic mailbox'
  • Document list will appear with your entire past bank statements.

  Halifax

  For Current Accounts:

  • Sign in using a desktop browser
  • Click ‘view statement’
  • Click ‘Statement options’
  • Click ‘Monthly PDFs’
  • Click on the month you wish to download and ‘view PDF’.
  • Save to your computer.
  • Repeat this for each account held and for the months required.

  HSBC

  • Log -in to your HSBC online banking,
  • Click on the 'my banking' subheading on the Account dashboard to reveal options.
  • In the 3rd column, click on 'Documents'
  • This will open the page for 'my statements' -
  • Note: you can choose statements month by month, or by entering start and finish dates.
  • Click the 'download' option to save official PDF statements to your computer.

  Monzo

  • Log in
  • Select account
  • Click the arrow on the top right-hand side
  • Scroll down to Statement History
  • Save via preferred method

  Nationwide

  • Log in
  • Go to 'View Accounts' menu
  • Click on the account you want to view
  • From the 'View Accounts' panel on the left side, click 'Previous statements'
  • Select the PDF statement you want to view
  • Select Print - pop up window will open
  • Click to change printer to 'Save as PDF'
  • Repeat this for each statement required.

  PayPal

  • Log-in to your PayPal account via desktop
  • Click on  'Activity'
  • Beside 'Filters', select 'Statements'
  • Select 'Custom'
  • To obtain a full statement, select 'Transaction Type - All Transactions'
  • Select 'Date range - Past 3 months'
  • Select 'Format - PDF' and click on Create report
  • Your statement should be available within 2-3 minutes. Download and save to your computer for upload.

  Plum

  • Log in to your online portfolio
  • Click on Statements & Documents to view your statements
  • Download the required PDF statements
  • Repeat for each month required.

  Revolut

  • Log in
  • Select Accounts
  • Click the top right symbol (Accounts Manager)
  • Click on each active account i.e. GBP / EUR, etc.
  • Click statement
  • Click on each month and ‘Get PDF statement’ - ensure to get 3 full months

  Santander

  For official statements:

  • Log-in to your Santander online banking
  • Click on e-Documents
  • Under document search, select the required month’s statement and click ‘search’
  • Select View in PDF beside the account name
  • Click ‘Go’ and save statement to your PC
  • Repeat this for each account held and for the months required.

  For recent transactions:

  • Log-in to your Santander online banking
  • Click on your account name
  • Click on ‘Download Transactions’, just above the transaction list
  • Select to download PDF
  • Enter required start and finish dates, then 'Download' to save your computer

  Ulster Bank

  • Log-in to anytime banking
  • Select ‘Statements’ from the menu
  • Click on View, save and print PDF statements
  • Select the account and click next
  • Select the required statement then click ‘view statement’
  • Click on ‘Download statements (PDF)’ and save
  • Repeat for three months required and for each account.