Bonus payments

To be considered for the EMA bonus payments in January and June, students must meet the bonus criteria.

They must have achieved or made satisfactory progress towards the objectives set out in their EMA Learning Agreement Part 2.

For the January bonus, we must have received their application and they must have signed their EMA Learning Agreement Part 2 by 2 December.

You must enter the date they signed Part 2 on the Learning Centre portal, along with the date they signed Part 1.

Students who have not signed Part 2 by 2 December will not be eligible for January bonus.

If you allocate January bonus in February or later, the student must participate in an EMA Learning Agreement review meeting. The meeting should end with:

• an agreement to authorise the payment
• signing the relevant bonus section of their EMA Learning Agreement Part 2

The same applies for June bonuses allocated in July or later.

To receive the January bonus, students must also return to study in January. It is your responsibility to check that the student has returned after the Christmas break. You do not need to record this information on the Learning Centre Portal.