I don't see how bursaries can be kept outside the tax and NI system. Scholarships/bursaries received by a student in full-time university education, are exempted from income tax; unless the bursary exceeds £15,000. Source: Her Majesty's Revenue and Custom - Statement of Practice 4/86 - Section 776 ...

If you get monthly payments which are subject to Income Tax and National Insurance , that means you are a worker (and not a student) as far as Directive 2004/38 is concerned. Yes, but bursaries are NOT subject to taxes, and unless I am gravely mistaken, EPSRC postgrad funding is a bursary. Granted,...

my advice is simple buy a cheap csi and then apply Yes, BUT under treaty rights you can only apply 5 years from the date you signed that cheap csi. As I learned myself the hard way, you must have csi throughout the entire duration of your studies. One break, and you start from scratch. Sylviaucl, y...