Andrew Rudd Scholarship

This £5,000 scholarship is for eligible full-time undergraduate care leaver students starting Year 1 in September 2025.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• Be an undergraduate student taking up a full-time place in Year 1 of an undergraduate degree at University of Sussex in September 2025
• Be classified as a ‘home' student
• Meet our definition of a care leaver

A care leaver at the University of Sussex is defined as:

• Having been in UK care for at least 13 weeks since your 14th birthday
• To be studying for your first undergraduate degree
• Under 25 when you begin your course

Who isn't eligible

You are not eligible for this scholarship if you:

• Are applying for a degree at a university that is not at the University of Sussex
• Are starting a foundation year of a degree at Sussex
• Are progressing into the second, third or final year of a degree at Sussex
• Are studying one of the Excluded courses listed below:

Excluded courses

You are not eligible for this scholarship if you are going to study any of the following:

• Certificates and Diplomas (including PGCE)
• Courses at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS)
• Online courses
• Schools direct teaching courses