Young Carer Bursary

Overview

If you are a young adult carer offering support to someone and you are considering full-time undergraduate study at Oxford Brookes, there is a lot of additional support that the University can offer you.

The NHS definition states that: A carer is anyone, including children and adults who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support.

To be eligible, you must:

• be enrolled on a full-time undergraduate or foundation degree and registered as a student at Oxford Brookes University
• start your course here in the 2026/27 academic year
• be aged 25 years or under at the start of the course
• have a completed Oxford Brookes student carer record form, in collaboration with the named contact for student carer support, in the Student Welfare Team
• be formally recognised as a carer for someone as outlined by the NHS definition
• be in receipt of statutory funding from the Student Loans Company
• GBS students are not eligible to apply for the Young Carer Bursary