Sanctuary Scholarship

Sanctuary Scholarship: terms and conditions: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/students/support/finances/scholarships/sanctuary-scholarship/terms/

To be eligible for the Sanctuary Scholarship you must fall into one of the following immigration status groups: an asylum seeker – a person who has made a claim within the UK for refugee status; a person who has been granted humanitarian protection or limited leave to remain on grounds of seeking protection – this could include, for example, trafficked persons and unaccompanied asylum seeking children who have reached majority age; a refugee – a person who has been granted refugee status by the UK Home Office; the dependants of any of the above status groups, in recognition that they are also from asylum-seeking or refugee backgrounds, including: family members of an asylum seeker whose claim is dependant on a principal applicant; or family members of an individual with refugee or humanitarian protection status who have come to the UK on a family reunion visa. You must have submitted an application to study at the University of Bristol in the year of the scholarship, and either have received an offer or your application still be under consideration. Your application must be for one of the following courses: Foundation Programme ; International Foundation Programme ; Foundation in Arts and Social Sciences Foundation is Science, Engineering and Maths ; Undergraduate course ; full-time course which lasts up to four years ; part-time course (where offered) .Postgraduate master's programme full-time or part-time postgraduate LLM, MA, MSc or MRes . You must be made an offer, accept this offer, have your place on the course confirmed and register to study in order to start your studies and receive the scholarship. Please note that a Sanctuary Scholarship cannot be deferred if you are not able to register as a student in the year it is awarded to you. If you defer/ reapply to study, you are able to reapply for the scholarship in your year of entry. If you are not awarded a Sanctuary Scholarship, your application will still be considered and any offer would still stand, but you would need to provide alternate funding to support your your studies.

Apply using: the application form for undergraduates the application form for postgraduates The selection panel will review the information you have provided on your application form, in order to fully understand: Your eligibility for UK Government student funding. Any barriers that you may have faced to access and complete higher education, which might include any: interruption to studies; unsuccessful applications to higher education; inability to apply due to migration. Your prior qualifications and whether you already hold a recognised degree or have previously experienced higher education. The scheme aims to make sure that our scholarship student body is diverse in terms of the protected characteristics contained in the Equality Act 2010. When two candidates are equally matched through our selection criteria, we will give priority to minorities. These criteria will form part of a wider application process, and therefore the selection panel reserve the right to take academic and budgetary considerations into account when making a decision on who will receive this discretionary scholarship. The decision of the selection panel is final and there is no appeals process. You must confirm your acceptance of any scholarship you are awarded within 10 working days of being notified. Failure to reply within two weeks (10 working days) may result in your scholarship being awarded to a reserve applicant. If you decline the offer of a Sanctuary Scholarship, the award will be offered to a reserve applicant. You will only be entitled to Sanctuary Scholarship award payments once you are fully registered at the University of Bristol. You must provide the account details of a UK bank account to ensure timely Sanctuary Scholarship award payments. Payments will not be made to non-UK (overseas) bank accounts. You will be contacted with a schedule of scholarship payments. Each scheduled payment will only be made to you as long as you remain registered and satisfactorily engaged with your chosen University course or programme. Requests for payments in kind will not be considered. The University reserves the right to offset any payments against invoices for tuition fees or University-administered accommodation charges. If you and your family are in receipt of asylum support provided by the UK Home Office, the Sanctuary Scholarship living cost award is likely to disrupt your eligibility for these payments. It is your responsibility to seek independent advice from a refugee organisation on the impact that the scholarship may have on your family's access to financial support from the UK Home Office. You will be expected to apply for the full level of student finance if eligible. Complete the application form for undergraduate students. Complete the application form for postgraduate students. Email scholarships-bursaries@bristol.ac.uk if you have any questions.

Accepts transfer credit.