The Open University believes that accessible education is a powerful tool for social mobility, improving people’s lives, and building better communities.
The Open Futures Sanctuary Scholarship is offering the opportunity for 12 students to study up to 360 credits for free, plus a further 50 free places on one of our Access modules to help applicants develop the skills and confidence to progress into higher education.
What is the Open Futures Sanctuary Scholarship?
The Open Futures Sanctuary Scholarship, launching for the first time in academic year 2022/23, will provide the opportunity for new, UK-resident students who have been displaced from their homeland or place of residence for political, economic, ethnic, environmental, or human rights pressures, to study for free.
12 scholarships will be available in 2022/23. A scholarship covers up to 360 credits of OU undergraduate credit-bearing study, paying for the full tuition cost of these credits, up to 120 credits each seasonal academic year and 360 credits in total.
The 50 OU Access Module Fee Waivers will cover the cost of one OU Access module starting in Autumn 2022.
Eligibility
To be eligible for either a scholarship or Access Module Fee Waiver, you’ll need to meet all the following criteria:
Be a forced migrant to the United Kingdom (a person displaced from their homeland or place of residence for political, economic, ethnic, environmental, or human rights pressures)
Have a personal annual income of not more than £25,000 or be in receipt of a qualifying benefit
Be ordinarily resident in the UK
Hold no existing higher education qualification attained in the UK
Be a new student to The Open University in the academic year 2022/23
Be intending to enrol for an undergraduate OU module commencing in the 2022/23 academic year. If you are applying for an Access Module Fee Waiver you must be intending to study an Access module
Be studying at a minimum intensity of 25% (30 credits) per academic year
What supporting evidence do I need?
You’ll need to provide evidence of your UK Home Office immigration status and annual personal income or qualifying benefit.
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Open Futures Sanctuary Scholarship
The Open University believes that accessible education is a powerful tool for social mobility, improving people’s lives, and building better communities.
The Open Futures Sanctuary Scholarship is offering the opportunity for 12 students to study up to 360 credits for free, plus a further 50 free places on one of our Access modules to help applicants develop the skills and confidence to progress into higher education.
What is the Open Futures Sanctuary Scholarship?
The Open Futures Sanctuary Scholarship, launching for the first time in academic year 2022/23, will provide the opportunity for new, UK-resident students who have been displaced from their homeland or place of residence for political, economic, ethnic, environmental, or human rights pressures, to study for free.
12 scholarships will be available in 2022/23. A scholarship covers up to 360 credits of OU undergraduate credit-bearing study, paying for the full tuition cost of these credits, up to 120 credits each seasonal academic year and 360 credits in total.
The 50 OU Access Module Fee Waivers will cover the cost of one OU Access module starting in Autumn 2022.
Eligibility
To be eligible for either a scholarship or Access Module Fee Waiver, you’ll need to meet all the following criteria:
What supporting evidence do I need?
You’ll need to provide evidence of your UK Home Office immigration status and annual personal income or qualifying benefit.