Featured byCity St George's, University of London
Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
£1,000 or £2,500 per academic year
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The UniCares Bursaries are designed to support undergraduate students who have experienced significant personal challenges before entering higher education. The scheme is available to students who have been in local authority care, are irreconcilably estranged from their parents, or have unpaid caring responsibilities for another person.
Benefits
Care-Experienced and Estranged Student Bursary
£2,500 per progressive year of study.
Young Adult Carers Bursary
£1,000 per progressive year of study.
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Be a Home/UK undergraduate student.
- Be ordinarily resident in England.
- Be 25 years old or younger on 1 September of their first year.
- Have a household income of £25,000 or less, as assessed by Student Finance England.
Belong to one of the following categories:
- Care-experienced or care leaver.
- Irreconcilably estranged from parents.
- Young adult carer with unpaid caring responsibilities.
- Attend a UniCares induction meeting and provide the required supporting evidence.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Study experience required
High school
Age
Under 25
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
There is no formal application form.
Applicants must:
Register with the UniCares service.
Attend a UniCares induction meeting.
Submit the required supporting evidence.
Consent to share household income information with Student Finance England.