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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
£1,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Gateway to Work Experience Bursary is designed to enable certain underrepresented undergraduate students to access work experience which they may otherwise be unable to afford.
Students may apply for the Gateway to Work Experience Bursary if they have secured a work experience placement or career-insight event which is low paid, or unpaid between October and August in the United Kingdom only.
Benefits
The maximum request from the Gateway to Work Experience Bursary is £1,000.
Eligibility
The Gateway to Work Experience Bursary is open to:
- Birmingham Scholars, defined as:
- Students in receipt of a Pathways to Birmingham - (P2B) which includes the programmes Access to Birmingham, Routes to the Professions, National Access Summer School
- Students in receipt of a Realising Opportunities offer
- Students in receipt of a Sanctuary Scholarship
- Care experienced or Care Leavers
- And/or students who have a home address in an IMD Quintile 1 (indices of multiple deprivation, IMD Deciles 1 and 2, lowest 20%) neighbourhood
If your home address is in Northern Ireland you will need to contact us with your home postcode so that we can check your eligibility to apply.
You can use the post-code checker above to see whether you are eligible to apply.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Please visit the Gateway To Work Experience Bursary webpage for detailed information on how to apply and what documentation is required.