Unite Accommodation Scholarship

The Unite Accommodation Scholarship covers the cost of accommodation bills for students who are estranged from their parents.

  • Funding: Accommodation costs for University student accommodation for a maximum of 3 years of study
  • Academic year: 2023/24
  • Open to: UK (home) students
  • Qualification level: Undergraduate
  • Number available: One
Applications for 2023/24 are closed.

The Unite Accommodation Scholarship will support a student who is estranged from their parents, covering the cost of accommodation bills for a maximum of 3 years of study, for University student accommodation.

Accommodation will be provided for 52 weeks per year.

For more information about the scholarship, visit the Unite Foundation website.

Eligibility

Open to UK (home) students only.

Students applying must meet all of the following criteria:

  • estranged from their parents and recognised as such by student finance
  • aged 25 or under on 1 September 2023
  • undertaking first and only course of undergraduate study
  • holding a firm choice offer from the University of York
  • entering into their first year of their undergraduate degree at the start of the scholarship
  • UK home fee status student
  • in receipt of, or applying for, student finance/NHS funding reflecting estranged student status

Study years not supported are:

  • foundation years
  • years involving study credits toward a Masters whether that be postgraduate or integrated with a Bachelors
  • repeat years
  • repeat years arising as a result of changing courses
  • years in which the student is aged 26 or older on 1 September 2023

Visit the Unite Foundation website for full details.

How to apply

Application deadline: Thursday 1 June 2023, 11.59pm BST

Apply for the scholarship via the online application form.

Apply now (tfaforms.com)

Contact details

Unite Accommodation Scholarship
Outreach-independent-student@york.ac.uk

Contact us

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