Scholarships and funding

Humanitarian Scholarships

Description

The University of Glasgow is offering 4 scholarships (one per college) for applicants to the University who are staying in the UK on humanitarian grounds and are facing challenges in progressing onto Higher Education. The scholarship is open to prospective undergraduate and postgraduate taught students of the University of Glasgow applying for entry in 2020. The scholarship meets the full cost of tuition fees for the duration of your programme as well providing an additional £5,000 per year stipend, if the eligibility criteria for university accommodation is met this will also be provided for the duration of your degree. For more information on the accommodation criteria, please see the Residential Services section on the website.

We are also offering 4 scholarships to students who hold refugee status. This scholarship is awarded as a £5,000 per year stipend toward living costs per year of study.

To be eligible applicants must

• Hold a firm conditional or unconditional offer for study at the University of Glasgow for 2020/21; and
• have submitted, or are the dependant of someone who has submitted, an application to the UK Home Office for recognition as a Refugee under the 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees (hereafter “The Convention”) and not yet received a decision from the Home Office on that application; or
• have been offered leave to remain in the UK on the grounds of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights or under Paragraphs 276ADE – 276DH of the UK Immigration Rules, provided that the student has not become eligible for Student Support from the relevant student funding body in Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland.

If you are subject to Home Office Temporary Admission/Immigration Bail Reporting, please provide your:
•           Application Registration Card (ARC) or Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) – front and back
•           Immigration  Bail Reporting Notice (this may also be referred to as a Temporary Admission Document or BAIL 201) – please include every page of this document.

If you are not subject to Home Office Temporary Admission/Immigration Bail Reporting, please provide your:
•           Application Registration Card (ARC) or Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) – front and back
•           The most recent documentation you have received from the Home Office in conjunction with your application/appeal – this should show your Home Office reference number.

Should your immigration status change part way through your studies, you should inform the Scholarships Team as soon as possible, as this may affect your eligibility for the scholarship. Changes to immigration status will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. The scholarship funding will not necessarily cease automatically, but may be recalculated.

Value

The Humanitarian Scholarship provides:

• Full tuition fee waiver for the duration of study*
• £5,000 per year stipend
• Accommodation costs for the duration of study (University of Glasgow accommodation only)

The Refugee Scholarship provides:

• For applicants with refugee status: £5,000 per year stipend towards living costs per year of study

How to apply

To apply, please complete the online application form  before the application deadline of 30th June 2020.

You must hold an offer of a palce to study for an eligible programme, to be considered for the scholarship. 

In addition to completing this application form, you must also email scans of the requested Home Office documents and any other documentation related to your claim, in support of your application to scholarships@glasgow.ac.uk. Applications cannot and will not be considered without the relevant documentation to support them.