Excellence Funds
Emergency short-term loans
PGCE bursaries
Additionally the university offers unique sports refereeing scholarships supported by the Rugby Football Union, the Football Association, England Netball and the English Cricket Board.
=== Awards and rankings ===
The university carries a Silver rating in the Government's Teaching Excellence Framework TEF, which rates participating universities as Gold, Silver or Bronze.
The University of Gloucestershire is equal 55th out of 121 universities in The Guardian University Guide 2019 University Guide 2019.
The university is ranked 38th out of 132 for teaching quality and 44th out of 132 for overall student experience (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019).
The university's overall satisfaction score is 3% higher than the average at 86% ranking them in joint 36th place out of 156 universities and HE colleges in the UK (National Student Survey, 2018) NSS 2018
The University of Gloucestershire is ranked in the top 20 for courses, lecturers and student support (Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2018).
95% of graduates went on to employment or further study in 2017, which is higher than the UK and England sector average (Destination of Leavers in Higher Education data 2018).
Graduates from the Business School courses earn more on average than their peers graduating from similar courses elsewhere in the country 1, 3 and 5 years after they graduated (Longitudinal Educational Outcomes, 2018) LEO
The university was ranked second in the People and Planet green league in 2017.
The university has been training teachers since 1847 and is 'outstanding' in primary and secondary school training as rated by Ofsted in 2015.
== Research ==
Research at the university has been rated as World-Leading in five of its research areas. More than half of the work in seven out of the university's 12 submissions to the RAE was additionally recognised as of international quality, while all academic areas were judged to be of a quality that is recognised nationally.
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