Prunella Scales

In 1940 my mum took a job as under-matron at her old school, which had been evacuated from Eastbourne to Windermere; I got a bursary and spent eight years as a boarder. It was a smashing education; I regret being at a single-sex school, but I had a brother, so knew what guys were.

English Actress

David Lammy

While at Harvard, I was struck by the palpable sense of noblesse oblige that surrounds their sophisticated outreach and bursary programmes. It is almost as if they view extending opportunity to disadvantaged individuals as their highest mission.

British Politician

A bursary is often need-based, meaning it's given due to the student's financial situation.

Need-Based Aid

A bursary is specific to educational support and can cover tuition, books, or living expenses.

Education Specific

Unlike a loan, a bursary doesn't need to be repaid; it's a form of financial gift.

Not a Loan

The bursary is an administrative area dealing with financial management of a college.

Administrative Role

The term is specific to educational institutions, not used for other types of finance offices.

Not General Finance

Bursary can also refer to the bursar's office where the financial transactions are handled.

Bursar's Office

 Global organizations should consider moving their headquarters to the global south and urban areas that are most affected by the climate emergency. There should be new scholarships and bursaries in environmental science for people of color. Educate yourself.

Climate justice can't...

 the world population also reached 7 billion and I thought it was interesting that there might be this small country in the world who were actively trying to increase the bursary of their population where when there are so many programs to