Featured byUniversity of South Wales
Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Full tuition fee waiver
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Sanctuary Scholarship will support two successful postgraduate applicants with tuition fees waived for the duration of their postgraduate studies and a scholarship to assist with course related costs.
Benefits
The scholarship will waive the full tuition fees costs of an eligible full time postgraduate degree for the duration of your original programme or until such a point that you become eligible to apply for UK government student financial support, at which point scholarship recipients must apply for this support.
Eligibility
- Be a Person Seeking Asylum
- Limited Leave to Remain (as a result of an Asylum application)
- Be the partner/dependent included on the application of a person of any of the above groups
* Spouses/civil partners must have been the spouse/civil partner on the date on which the asylum application was made. Children/step-children must have been aged under 18 on the date on which the asylum application was made
In addition, you must also
- Have been offered a conditional or unconditional offer for a full time taught on campus postgraduate degree at the University of South Wales starting in September
- Accepted the offer on a firm basis
- Have applied for a course lasting one academic year by 16:30 Friday 5th June
- Live within reasonable commuting distance to the campus that your chosen course is on
- Not require additional support from the University for living expenses or accommodation other than that provided through the USW Postgraduate Sanctuary Scholarship.
- Due to your immigration status, not be eligible for Student Finance from another authority e.g. Student Finance Wales, Student Finance England, SAAS, Student Finance Northern Ireland etc. (you may be required to show evidence of this)
- Apply for the scholarship by 16:30 Friday 3rd July
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
03 Jul 2027
Once you have received and accepted a conditional or unconditional offer on to a full-time taught on campus postgraduate degree, you will be sent an email containing a link to apply for the USW Postgraduate Sanctuary Scholarship. The email will be sent to the email address listed on your course application to the University.
You must submit the application by 16:30 on Friday 3rd July.