The scheme you have set-up here is transforming lives
The purpose of scheme is to support students with the cost of study resources and to encourage student engagement and a sense of belonging.
The cost of living crisis and the major impact it has on students is front of mind for every university right now. At Sunderland, we are working hard to identify and support the students who are experiencing hardship. Being able to get money to students 24/7 makes the task so much easier. Students feel instant relief when they know money is on its way today, This is a really welcome initiative for the whole HE sector.
The Aspire Cash process also reduces our administrative costs and gives us excellent data about what students spend emergency cash on. That really helps build our understanding of student needs and behaviour in the current climate.
We are delighted to be working with JS Group as they share our values and passion for student engagement. Our partnership will be utilising their experience, technology platforms and customer service approach that supports over 250,000 students throughout the UK.
We regularly survey students to find out what they like and don’t like about their schemes, how the schemes have benefitted them and how the schemes can be improved. Within our surveys we include questions from the Sheffield Hallam survey toolkit recommended by OfS to help our partner universities evaluate their schemes.
Extremely helpful financially and makes me worry less about finances. I am able to continue my education without stress
As a single mother every support is greatly appreciated, and takes a massive weight off my shoulders
I am glad for the support from the university given the opportunity to benefit in this scheme, they have saved this amount of money for me, a big thanks to them.