Featured byUlster University
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to £1,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The fund will provide 1-2 local support bursaries and 1-2 International placement expenses bursaries for female students undertaking the BSc or PGDip Community Youth Work course at Ulster University (full-time or part-time).
In addition to the hardship fund the international/placement expenses bursary aims to offer on-course support to widening access students with a focus on experiencing cultures, environments and countries other than that of their domicile and socio-economic background.
Benefits
International or Exceptional Placement Expenses Bursary: The placement bursary will consist of £500 - £1,000 each year to support 1-2 students who meet the university widening access criteria, travelling to undertake an International practice placement.
Study Support Bursary: The bursary will consist of £500 - £1,000 each year to support 1-2 students who meet the university widening access criteria to help with costs of study, for example, the purchase of books or a laptop, or for travel expenses.
Eligibility
Eligibility will be assessed against Banner student records and information provided in the application. In the first instance, applicants must also meet at least one, usually more than one, of the following criteria:
- be in receipt of an Ulster Widening Access Bursary.
- permanently reside (ie home address as recorded in Banner) in an area of high deprivation/low participation in higher education.
- have undertaken their secondary education at a state school with a free school entitlement of 40% or more (applicants can check their eligibility against this criteria on the Department for Education website
- be in receipt of benefits which may include state income support, working tax credit or child tax credit.
- have declared to the University a background-of-care;
- have disclosed a disability to the University or be in receipt of disability living allowance/personal independence payments.
- Should the fund be oversubscribed, priority will be given to applications that meet several of the eligibility criteria.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Coaching
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
The call for applications for the next academic year will be made in October 2026.