Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
50% fees bursaries
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Eligible for postgraduate students from widening participation backgrounds, for certain programmes.
They are pleased to announce the Widening Participation Postgraduate Progression Scholarship.
The objective of this new scholarship is to support current widening participation students to progress to any of our postgraduate taught provision (MSc and MRes courses, part time or full time), subject to meeting entry requirements.
Benefits
This scheme will comprise of two 50% fees bursaries a year for home students meeting the widening participation criteria.
Eligibility
Come from a widening participation background:
- Identify as Black, Asian and minority ethnic
- Be from a low participation neighbourhood
- Have a disability
- Be from a low-income background and low socioeconomic group
- Be the first in your generation to attend university
- Mature student
and
- Have achieved the equivalent of a British first or 2:1 in an undergraduate degree. Students who apply with 2:2 will also be considered
- Hold an unconditional offer or a conditional offer
- Be a recent graduate from the school (not open to new students to UWE Bristol)
- Be classed as home for fees purposes
- Not be in receipt of another scholarship/award.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
12 Jun 2026
As part of your application, you will be sent an application form that you will need to complete and send back before the deadline. This will be submitted once the applicant has been offered a place on an eligible course and to meet the deadline of Friday 12 June 2026.