Violet Burns Bursary

To determine who will receive the Violet Burns Bursary, the awarding panel will consider each of the following:

1. Whether the applicant meets the eligibility criteria of the bursary

2. The information provided in your supporting statement for the bursary

3. The information provided on how you would envisage spending the bursary

4. Priority will be given to applicants:

• Who are under 25 and have previously been in care
• Who have a disability (including a specific leaning disability)
• Who are estranged from their family
• Who are the first person in their family to attend university
• Who are refugees
• Your home postcode is in a Low Participation Neighbourhood: Search by postcode - Office for Students
• Who are Carers - The Carers' Trust definition of a carer is ''anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without their support.'' Please note that these duties would be in addition to the usual caring responsibilities that a parent would have for a dependent child.

To apply, please write a statement in no more than 500 words incorporating the following:

• Why you wish to be considered
• What barriers you have faced in your personal and/or educational life
• What you anticipate you would use the bursary for
• Why you want to study at the University of South Wales, making specific reference to the course you have been accepted onto.

To be eligible, you will need to meet all of the criteria below:

Self-identify as female
Self-identify as one of the ethnic groups under the following headings on this published UK Government list:

• Mixed or Multiple Ethnic Groups
• Asian or Asian British
• Black, African, Caribbean, or Black British
• Other Ethnic Group*

OR

Your home postcode is in a Low Participation Neighbourhood: Search by postcode - Office for Students
Have applied for entry to year 0 or year 1 of a full-time USW undergraduate degree lasting 3 or more academic years starting in 2025-26 academic year
Applied for a course in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, studying on a University of South Wales campus (Treforest, Glyntaff, Cardiff or Newport) – see below for details
Be a UK home student liable for the UK home rate of tuition fees and eligible for Student Finance from the UK government (SFE/SFW/SFNI/SAAS)
Be enrolled full time on year 0 or year 1 at time of payment in November 2025.

*Students whose ethnicity is Gypsy, Roma, Irish Traveller, Boatman or Showman also qualify to apply for this bursary.