Access to Hope Scholarship

The decision of the panel will be discretionary and final.

Widening Participation Criteria:

• You are a mature student
• You have been in care as a looked after child for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14.
• You have a disability
• You are from a black and minority ethnic group
• You come from one of the most deprived areas of the country as defined by the English government's IMD (indices of Multiple Deprivation) database. If your postcode IMD value is in quintile 5, you meet this criteria. Please note this information only covers addresses in England.
• You come from an area where it is unusual for people to go to University. This is defined by the government's classification called POLAR 4, to meet this criteria your address must fall into quintile 1. Please note that this information only covers addresses in the UK.