Hi everyone, my name's Carolyn Lithgo and I'm the Widening, Access and Participation Officer here
at the University of Sunderland and I'm here to tell you about bursaries and scholarships.
How can the university help me towards my costs?
Here at the University of Sunderland, we offer a number of scholarships and bursaries.
They range from tuition fee discounts to credit to spend in our Study Plus online store
to actual cash to help you with your living costs.
Each bursary or scholarship has their own set of eligibility criteria and application process.
For more information please visit our web pages. What are the University of Sunderland bursaries?
Our University of Sunderland bursaries are available to full-time undergraduate
students who are studying eligible courses and are also under-represented in higher education.
We aim to support Gypsies, Travellers, Roma, Showmen and Boaters,
Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Carers, Students from lower-income households and mature students.
These bursaries vary in value and so students could receive an award of between 500 pounds to
3,000 pounds depending on which underrepresented group they're from. These awards are given in
the form of Study Plus credit to spend on study materials including books, stationery,
and more from the Study Plus online store. Some of the bursaries also award an element of cash to
support any of the living costs associated with student life. For the full eligibility criteria
and application process please see our guidance notes on our University of Sunderland webpages.
Please note that if the number of applications meeting the criteria exceeds the total number
of awards the university will use awarding criteria to prioritise the applications.
What is the Just Add You Bursary? The University of Sunderland Just Add You Bursary recognises the
additional costs incurred by students who do not live on the UK mainland and therefore have
to travel by air or ferry to study at university. The bursary is automatically awarded to students
on eligible courses who have a home address within Northern Ireland, The Isle of Wight,
The Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly, Channel Islands or Islands of Scotland, following a Checking
and Vetting verification process after enrolment. Eligible students will receive a cash award over
three years. This is to go towards flights or ferries to and from the mainland in years 1,
2 and 3. Money towards University of Sunderland managed accommodation in year 1
and StudyPlus credit in year 1 for the purchase of a kitchen and bedding bundle. There's also
cash for summer storage in years 1 and 2 and finally a graduation supporter package. For the
full eligibility criteria please see our guidance notes on our University of Sunderland web pages.
What is the University of Sunderland scholarship? The University of Sunderland scholarship
recognises and rewards the academic achievement of students applying to our undergraduate programmes.
Once again this support is available to full-time undergraduates on eligible programmes but this
time there are 130 scholarships available to those students demonstrating the greatest increase
in academic achievement between their GCSE and level 3 qualification results.
For example, someone might not have done very well in their GCSE's but excelled in their A-Levels.
To be eligible students must have studied their level 3 qualifications in the same academic year
as applying for their university course. The university will then use the students
five highest-scoring GCSE's and rank their grades against their level 3 qualification grades to get
a comparison. Each scholarship is valued at 3,000 pounds and is awarded over three academic years,
this is in the form of credit to spend on essential study materials through the
Study Plus online store and an element of cash to help with other living costs.
For the full eligibility criteria and application process please see our guidance notes on our
University of Sunderland web pages. Is there any support for care experienced or estranged
students? The We Care bursary is available for care experienced students of any age or estranged
students aged 25 or under who were classed as home or overseas island. To be eligible students
must be studying a full-time undergraduate course or a full-time postgraduate course
and paying full tuition fees. They must meet our definition of being care experienced or estranged.
In short students in receipt of the We Care bursary will receive 2,000 pounds cash for
each year of full-time study. Therefore over a three-year course, this bursary would be
worth 6,000 pounds. They will also receive a variety of support from The We Care team.
For the full eligibility criteria and application process please see
our guidance notes on our web pages. What's a DOSH scholarship? The University of Sunderland
also offers a number of Development Office scholarships or DOSH scholarships each year.
These tend to be subject specific and are made possible through philanthropic giving.
To see what is currently on offer please visit our University of Sunderland web pages.