Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary

Scholarship information

The Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary aims to support students who are:

Care Leavers - You have been ‘looked after’ for at least 13 weeks by a local authority at some point since you were 14 years old, and were in care on or after your sixteenth birthday.

Or

Estranged students - You are estranged from both parents/carers. By estranged we mean that either:

  • You have not communicated with either of your biological or adoptive parents for a period of time before your course began
  • Your parents cannot be traced or it is not possible, practical, or safe to make contact with them
  • Your parents have significant mental or physical health problems which prevent you from contacting them
  • Both of your biological or adoptive parents are deceased.

In order to be eligible:

  • You must be a full-time undergraduate student
  • You must be a UK student
  • You must be paying full tuition fees (therefore NHS-funded students and students who are being funded are not eligible).