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“After I was medically discharged from the Royal Engineers, I wanted a career that would benefit me and my family for the future. I’ve always enjoyed helping people, so after spending a few years recovering from my injury, I decided to enrol in a Childhood Studies course. When I graduate, I want to become a primary school teacher. I live in Gateshead with my wife Stephanie and our two young daughters. They’re 2 and 3. We’re both at Sunderland University - it made sense to go to the same place as it’s close to home and we can travel together most of the time. We were both worried about going back to university and how it was going to affect our home life and our relationship, not to mention our finances! It looked like we’d have to live hand to mouth each month. Getting stable and reliable childcare for the kids was a big worry too – my course has taught me how important it is to their development. We found out about the Bursary just before we both started our studies and the impact it’s had has been incredible. It’s really eased the financial pressure and now we can live rather than just surviving. We can afford good childcare too rather than having to rely on other people helping us. I still need to go to hospital for operations sometimes and it’s so reassuring to know that Stephanie and the girls are okay when I’m not there.” Jordan, Childhood Studies Student, Sunderland University Find out more about the Higher Education Bursary > https://bit.ly/2Vv8LpY