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Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Tuition-fee waiver
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The scholarship was established to address the additional barriers faced by refugees, asylum seekers and other students from forced migration backgrounds when accessing higher education.
Benefits
Each Sanctuary Scholar will receive a tuition-fee waiver for the duration of their course.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants for either an Undergraduate Taught or Postgraduate Taught Scholarship must meet all the following criteria:
- Have a forced migration status.
- Be resident in the UK and either (i) currently living within Gloucestershire or within reasonable commuting distance, or (ii) be able to provide a clear rationale of how they will fund commuting or relocation costs if currently living further afield as part of the scholarship application.
- Have received an offer of a place on an undergraduate taught or postgraduate taught degree course at the University of Gloucestershire. The course must involve studying at a University of Gloucestershire campus, not at a franchised college or taught online.
- If seeking asylum, applicants must have submitted a request for asylum to the UK Home Office before applying to the Sanctuary Scholarship scheme.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
06 Mar 2027
Applicants must complete the online Sanctuary Scholarship application form and submit the required immigration evidence and referee details.