Aber Sanctuary Scholarship

A reference from your referee needs to be provided. They should be someone in the UK who knows you well. The referee could be from a refugee support group, volunteer organisation, caseworker, support adviser, or education or health professional. Their reference should be on headed paper and the referee should have an official email rather than a yahoo/gmail or similar type of email address.

The Aberystwyth Sanctuary Scholarship is open to those who do not have access to student finance and hold one of the following immigration status in the UK:

• You are an asylum seeker or
• You have been granted discretionary or Humanitarian Protection leave to enter or remain (with forced migration background) or
• You are the partner/dependent of an asylum seeker/discretionary/Humanitarian Protection leave to enter or remain (with forced migration background).

AND

• You have received a conditional or unconditional offer from Aberystwyth University to study a full-time undergraduate degree or International Foundation Certificate or postgraduate taught masters course.
• You can provide a reference in support of your application from an organisation such as a school, college, community or voluntary group.
• You have submitted an application to Aberystwyth University's Sanctuary Scholarship by the deadline.

The scholarship is for September entry only: the award cannot be deferred to a different intake. The scholarship is for Year 1 entry of an undergraduate degree course at Aberystwyth University or International Foundation Certificate or to commence a postgraduate taught course. The scholarship cannot be used for any externally funded courses that are more than 4 years in duration (e.g. Veterinary Sciences). The scholarship can only be used for full-time study.