Kent Access to HE Ambition Scholarship

Your application will be given priority if you fulfil one or more of the following additional criteria:

You live in an area of socio-economic depravation – IMD Q1 or Q2
You live in a low-participation neighbourhood – TUNDRA Q1 or Q2
You are a Care Leaver under 25
You were estranged from your parents
You are from the Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showman or Boater community
Your parents or guardians did not attend university
You have caring responsibilities
You are currently resident in foyer or other supported accommodation

A decision may also be made in consultation with your FE College/institution.

Please note: you are not eligible to receive both the Kent Access to HE Ambition Scholarship and the Kent Ambition to Succeed Scholarship. You are able to apply for the scholarships you are eligible for and your application(s) will be assessed accordingly, but you will only be offered one of these scholarships.

The Kent Access to HE Ambition Scholarship extends our support to students who undertook an Access to HE Diploma at the University of Kent, or at one of the University's Partner Colleges. The scholarship is worth £2,000 for each year of study and will be renewed on an annual basis, subject to satisfactory progress. If you are required to repeat a year, the scholarship will be paused until you continue to the next stage of study. The Scholarship payment will not be paid whilst undertaking a year abroad/year in industry.

You can apply for the Kent Access to HE Ambition Scholarship if you fulfil the following criteria:

You have completed or are in the process of completing an Access to HE Diploma at:

University of Kent
Mid Kent College
West Kent College
EKC Group
Canterbury College
Ashford College

You are a UK student
You have applied to the University of Kent for a full-time or part-time undergraduate programme.
You must have made a firm acceptance of an offer made to you by the University.

*If you are a former student then you are only eligible if you completed an Access to HE Diploma at one of the institutions listed above and this is your most recent qualification undertaken.

Please note that KMMS students are not eligible for this scholarship.