{"id":31583,"date":"2021-02-11T15:03:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T15:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=31583"},"modified":"2021-02-11T15:03:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T15:03:02","slug":"student-union-contradicts-uni-over-who-receives-covid19-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/11\/student-union-contradicts-uni-over-who-receives-covid19-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Union Contradicts Uni Over Who Receives COVID19 Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In light of a recent interview with University Minister Michelle Donelan aired on GMB last Tuesday 2, the University of Sheffield\u2019s Student Union twitter account, (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheffieldSU\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@sheffieldsu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), promotes the COVID-19 funding offered to students facing additional costs or a significant reduction in income due to the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amid confusion surrounding what the financial support covers, the tweet read; \u2018<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make sure you apply for some of the \u00a33 million Covid-19 relief fund, set up by the University. We\u2019re encouraging you all to apply for losses caused by Covid-19 e.g costs to travel home, unnecessary rent, bills, technology and loss of part time work. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/funding\/student-covid-19-support-fund\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/funding\/student-covid-19-support-fund<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The link connected to the tweet leads directly to the description page for the COVID19 support fund which states what the criteria of what can be supported by the grant. Students can read that the grant will not be given to support them financially in paying;<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">accommodation costs, tuition fees, expected living costs (food, travel to and from University), cash awards towards newly purchased (bought since 1 December 2020) laptops\/desktops\/tablets, payment of fines for breaching Covid-19 rules or other laws.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University Minister Michelle Donelan stated in the heated interview with Piers Morgan and Susunna Reid that; \u201cOur priority is getting that money into students pockets who need it the most.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When contacted for a response for the student union stated they were unable to respond at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students are currently facing fees for houses they aren\u2019t legally allowed to live in due to national restrictions banning travel. The Student Union claim they <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">are currently campaigning for a rent rebate for students living in privately rented accommodation. But clearly states that students cannot apply for a rent rebate from the Covid19 Support funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A confusing contradiction between the Sheffield SU&#8217;s Twitter and website leaves students unsure if they&#8217;re entitled to cash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,21,16],"tags":[31,88],"class_list":["post-31583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-news","category-top-stories","tag-students","tag-university"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Student Union Contradicts Uni Over Who Receives COVID19 Funding - ShefNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/11\/student-union-contradicts-uni-over-who-receives-covid19-funding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Student Union Contradicts Uni Over Who Receives COVID19 Funding - 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