Equal Access Scholarships 2019/20

The scholarship provides:

• a full fee waiver (you will not need to pay any tuition fees)
• a maintenance award of up to £10,660 to help with living costs

Eligibility

To be considered for the scholarship you must:

• have discretionary or limited leave to remain in the UK or
  • be a dependent or partner of someone with discretionary or
  • limited leave to remain or
  • you or your parent/guardian or partner have submitted an asylum or humanitarian protection application and not yet received a decision from the Home Office on that application*
• have applied for asylum on arrival in the UK, and before you have applied for a place at university
• be unable to access mainstream UK student funding due to your immigration status, ie you are not eligible for Student Finance for the 2019/20 academic year
• have applied for, or hold an offer (conditional or unconditional) to study full time for a postgraduate Masters course at York, of one year’s duration, resulting in an MA, MSc, LLM or MRes qualification.

*If you have already been granted Refugee Status or Humanitarian Protection Status, you can apply for financial support from Student Finance England (gov.uk).

For full details please visit the below webpages:

• Undergraduate scholarships
• Master Scholarship