Get £1,000 From This Bank Just For Being A Student

There’s literally no catch.

If you’ve had enough of the cost of living crisis and wish £1,000 could magically appear in your bank account, you’re in luck as that could actually happen to you.

University is extra hard right now, from having to fork out money to pay for extracurricular activities, library fines, printing, or just struggling to balance a social life with your studies, we could all do with an extra grand to help us out here and there.

Santander has recognised that students could need a little bit of a boost and are running a new opportunity for students across selected UK universities which could see you winning £1,000 as a brighter futures grant which can be used towards any university-related payments—from rent to a few nights out.

How can I win £1,000?

Simply sign up to the Santander Brighter Futures Grant right here!

The only requirements are that you’re either an undergraduate or postgraduate student studying in the UK—although only students from select universities will be able to enter.

When you apply you’ll need to use your student email address and enter your student ID number and create an account on the Santander Open Academy Platform.

10 lucky students will win this one-off payment of £1,000 which you can spend on living expenses or anything you want really to make your life easier. You don’t have to pay the money back either and the lucky 10 winners will be selected at random and contacted by the 17th of April 2024.

You don’t have to be a Santander customer to enter either, it’s open to anyone studying at the eligible universities either full-time or part-time.

Be quick though, as applications close on the 29th of March.

What universities are eligible?

If you attend one of the following universities, you’ll be able to enter the competition:

  • Aston University 
  • Birkbeck, University of London 
  • Bournemouth University  
  • Cardiff Metropolitan University 
  • Cardiff University 
  • Edinburgh Napier University 
  • Keele University 
  • Kingston University London 
  • Loughborough University 
  • Nottingham Trent University 
  • Open University 
  • Queen Mary University of London 
  • Queen’s University Belfast 
  • Sheffield Hallam University 
  • SOAS University of London 
  • University of Abertay 
  • University of Bath 
  • University of Edinburgh 
  • University of Glasgow 
  • University of Greenwich 
  • University of Leeds 
  • University of Lincoln 
  • University of Northumbria at Newcastle 
  • University of Portsmouth 
  • University of Reading 
  • University of Roehampton 
  • University of Salford 
  • University of Southampton 
  • University of Sunderland 
  • University of The West of England 
  • University of Westminster 
  • University of York 

So, if your uni is on the list apply for the Santander Brighter Futures Grant now and fingers crossed you might win.