Transition from Care Bursary

This Bursary is open to students who are under 25 years of age at the time they commence full-time undergraduate study at Oxford Brookes.

If you have been under the care of a local authority for at least 13 weeks and had no other legal guardian since and in receipt of funding support from the Student Loans Company or NHS Business Services Authority you may be eligible for the Transition from Care Bursary of £2,000 a year.

Eligibility criteria

You may be eligible for the Transition from Care Bursary of £2,000 a year if you:

• are under 25 at the time you start full-time study at Oxford Brookes,
• have been in the care of a local authority for a period of at least 13 weeks or more.
• have not had any legal guardians since leaving the care of the local authority and coming to Oxford Brookes
• are in receipt of funding support from the Student Loans Company or NHS Business Services Authority

Students under a special guardianship order or in supported housing may also be eligible.