Estranged Students Bursary

Applications must be received during the Academic Year and no bursary can be paid retrospectively for previous years of study. The bursary is paid in 2 equal instalment of £1,000, normally in November and February.

To be eligible, you must be enrolled on a full-time undergraduate or foundation degree and registered as a student at Oxford Brookes University, and:

• start your course here in the 2025/26 academic year
• be aged 25 years or under at the start of the course,
• be entitled to support from Student Finance England,
• be formally estranged from your parents and recognised by Student Finance England as having independent status. or be irreconcilably estranged from both parents. This should be verified by an objective third party, which for the purposes of these regulations, refers to any relevant person acting in a professional capacity, providing evidence for which they are professionally accountable (e.g. teacher from school/college or GP). This person should normally have known about their situation for a substantial amount of time, and can verify that they do not have contact with their biological, adoptive or only living parents
• GBS students are not eligible to apply for the Estranged Students Bursary

This funding is available to students studying on the following courses:

Undergraduate

Accounting and Economics (BSc (Hons))
Accounting and Economics (with Foundation Year) (BSc (Hons))
Accounting and Finance (BSc (Hons))
Accounting and Finance (with Foundation Year) (BSc (Hons))
Animal Therapy and Rehabilitation (BSc top-up) (BSc (Hons))
Anthropology (BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons))
Anthropology (with Foundation Year) (BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons))
Anthropology and Communication, Media and Culture (joint honours) (BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons))
Anthropology and English Literature (joint honours) (BA (Hons))