University of Sheffield 2021-2022 Asylum Seeker Scholarships for Undergraduate Students (UK)

Published: 15 Jun 2021

The University of Sheffield is offering four fully funded scholarships for those who have sought refuge in the UK.

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University of Sheffield Undergraduate Scholarship

The scholarships cover the cost of tuition and provide a £9,840 award to support living costs for each year of study.

To be eligible to apply you must:

have been granted humanitarian protection or limited leave to remain in the UK, be a dependant or partner of someone with humanitarian protection or limited leave to remain, or you or your parent/guardian or partner are an asylum seeker and have submitted a claim within the UK for refugee status and have not yet received a decision from the Home Office on that application,
have applied for asylum on arrival in the UK, and before you have applied for a place at university,
be unable to access mainstream funding, for example from Student Finance or local authority grants - the exception to this is postgraduate taught students who have refugee status, who are welcome to apply,
currently attend a school, college or community/voluntary group who will provide a reference in support of your application,
hold an offer to study from the University of Sheffield to study an undergraduate or postgraduate taught course starting in September 2021,
be studying at degree level in the UK for the first time (applicable to undergraduate students only)*.

You are not eligible to apply for the scholarship if:

you have exhausted all appeal rights and have not submitted a fresh claim for asylum or an application to remain in the UK under another immigration category - if your status changes at any stage of the application process you must notify us immediately,
you have a ‘no study’ immigration bail condition or a ‘restricted study’ condition that prohibits study in higher education.

July 2, 2021

Complete the application form below: Apply for the Asylum Seeker Scholarship
Providea supporting statement from your referee from the school, college or community/volunteering group you currently attend. Please see further details below on what this must include.
Sendus all the documentation you have received from the Home Office in relation to your asylum claim and your referee’s statement.
Apanel of senior University staff will assess all eligible applications. This is a competitive process and applications will be judged using the selection criteria below.

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