University of Cumbria Sanctuary Scholarship

An academic reference from a sponsor is also required as part of the application form. Your sponsor should be someone in the UK who knows you well and can say why they feel that you would be academically suitable for, and benefit from, a University of Cumbria Sanctuary Scholarship. The sponsor should ideally be an education professional but could also be from a refugee support group, volunteer organisation, a caseworker, a support adviser, or a health professional. Their reference should be on headed paper and the referee should have an official email rather than a yahoo/gmail or similar type of email address.

The scholarship is open to a person who has the right to study in the UK on any University of Cumbria full-time undergraduate degree (up to four years in duration, including foundation degrees) or any full-time taught postgraduate programme (up to two years in duration) located at our Ambleside, Carlisle and Lancaster campuses.

You must meet the entry criteria for your chosen programme of study and have been offered a place (conditional or unconditional) on a University of Cumbria course.

Courses include full-time undergraduate degrees (up to four years in duration, including foundation degrees) or full-time taught postgraduate programme (up to two years in duration) located at our Ambleside, Carlisle and Lancaster campuses. Please note that Distance Learning programmes, programmes running from our London and Barrow campuses, and courses indicated as being delivered in partnership with another college (e.g. Robert Kennedy College) are not included in the Sanctuary Scholarship at this time.

All students will need to prove their English Language ability via an IELTS or acceptable English Language test at a minimum of overall 6.0 with no element less than 5.5 (some programmes will have higher entry requirements than stated above and you will need to meet those to be eligible for entry to the programme). There will be access to additional English for Academic Purposes (EAP) support for students once they have started their programme of study.