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Bursary Fund

Meal Allowance

Bursary Fund Meal Allowances

Please find below the arrangements for the Autumn Term 2025

Your Free College Meal allowance will be £6.50 per day and you can use it to buy most food or meal deals from the canteen or Starbucks (on days you are timetabled to attend College).

It’s up to you when you decide to use your £6.50 allowance and what you would like to have. If you want to you can split this into more than one purchase (but you will not be able to spend more than £6.50 in one day).

You cannot use your allowance to purchase:

  • Fizzy drinks
  • Chocolate bars
  • Bags of sweets

The following items are only available when purchased along with food:

  • Bottled juice drinks
  • Starbucks ('Tall') small coffee or tea (no syrups or toppings)
  • Crisps

OPENING TIMES

  • Canteen - 10.15am to 2.00pm
  • Starbucks - 8.00am to 6.00pm

Bursary Information

Meals are linked to your Nescot ID card so you must have this with you every day and you will not be served without this. The first time you use your card you will need to ask the canteen staff to register it. Then each time you select your food, tap your ID card on the card reader to pay.

If you have any questions, please email studentfinance@nescot.ac.uk or come into our office, room L13a in the Learning Resources Centre, or ask staff in the canteen or Starbucks.