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Funding for students from asylum-seeking and refugee communities. The scholarship is equivalent to a full tuition fee waiver and a full living cost stipend.
If you are awarded this scholarship, the actual amount will depend on your fee status and whether you are in receipt of any other funding. The Sanctuary Scholarship is intended to ensure that scholars will have available funds to cover tuition and have access to reasonable living costs for the duration of their studies.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Sanctuary Scholarship you must fall into one of the following immigration status groups:
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an asylum seeker – a person who has made a claim within the UK for refugee status;
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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;
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a refugee – a person who has been granted refugee status by the UK Home Office;
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the dependants of any of the above status groups, in recognition that they are also from asylum-seeking or refugee backgrounds, including:
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family members of an asylum seeker whose claim is dependant on a principal applicant; or
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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:
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.
Part-time courses
Applications for the Sanctuary Scholarship can be considered if you are planning to study part time, on the condition that:
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your chosen course offers a part-time option;
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your studies take no longer to complete than twice the length of its full-time equivalent (e.g. a one year full-time master's undertaken part-time over two years);
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the living cost element of the scholarship you are awarded will be adjusted to reflect the intensity of study you are undertaking in each academic year.
Ineligible courses
You are not eligible for the Sanctuary Scholarship if you are applying to study:
Award
The Sanctuary Scholarship is intended to ensure that scholars do not need to pay for their tuition upfront and have access to reasonable living costs for the duration of their studies.
Your level of Sanctuary Scholarship funding will be determined by how much UK government student financial support you are eligible to receive and whether you study full-time or part-time.
You are expected to apply for and receive all UK government student financial support that is available to you, usually in the form of a loan for tuition fees and living costs. Your eligibility for UK government financial support depends on many factors, such as the level of course you are applying to, your residency status and whether you have studied in higher education before.
Recipients of the Sanctuary Scholarship will receive an additional award from the University to ensure that you have adequate funds for living costs.
If you are not eligible for any UK government financial support, you will receive a scholarship to cover your tuition fees and provide you with sufficient support for living costs.
The Sanctuary Scholarship covers the full regular duration of your studies. It will be renewed each year provided that you continue to meet all the following conditions:
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continue to be registered on your course at the time of each payment;
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continue to have a right to reside in the UK;
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continue to have a right to study in the UK.
There is a finite budget used to fund the Sanctuary Scholarship Scheme. The University will do all it can to ensure that this budget is fully utilised to support the maximum number of eligible students. |