Applicants will be required to submit a personal statement (max. 500 words) to apply for the award. Statements will be assessed on the following criteria:
Incoming qualifications
Plans for your time at Sussex
Aspirations after you finish your course
This award supports a student from a household with a household income of less than £25,000, offering a bursary to enable them to enrich their student experience. The award will be split across each year of study and is available to be spent on any activity which the student otherwise may not be able to participate in, whether those be academic, social or cultural experiences.
Who is eligible
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:
Be classified as ‘Home' for fee purposes
Have received an offer of a place to study a full time Bachelors degree at Sussex in 2025
Have a household income of less than £25,000, to be verified by Student Finance
Who isn't eligible
You are not eligible for this scholarship if you:
Are applying for a Bachelors at a university that is not at the University of Sussex
Are progressing into the final year of an integrated Masters at Sussex
You are not eligible for this scholarship if you are going to study any of the following:
Degrees in Social Work (if receiving an NHS bursary)
Foundation year courses
