About the fund

Purpose
The Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary is designed to provide financial support to undergraduate students to full time undergraduate students from care leaver or estranged backgrounds who are studying at our Stoke, Stafford or London campuses.

Eligibility Criteria

To qualify for our bursary and support package, you must meet either of the definitions below and be recognised as such by your student finance provider.  

Care Leaver

A student under the age of 25 at the time of enrolment who:
- Has spent at least 13 weeks in care (e.g. foster care or a children’s home) since the age of 14 and was in care on their 16th birthday,
OR
- Was privately fostered until the age of 16 or was ‘looked after’ under a Special Guardianship Order.

Estranged Student
- A student under the age of 25 at the time of enrolment who:
Has no communicative relationship with either living biological parent,
AND
- Has been assessed as estranged by their student finance provider.

Eligibility criteria

This fund is only available to people in the categories listed below. Please do not apply if you are not in one of these.