BIMM University

Access Awards provide a one-time cash payment to students who meet any of the criteria below. You may be eligible for multiple Access Awards, and you can receive Access Awards and either the Low-Income Household Bursary or the Care Leavers/Care Experienced/Estranged Student Bursary. The following students are eligible for Access Awards: Global Majority students Global Majority is a collective term coined by Rosemary Cambell-Stephens MBE, to refer to ‘people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, or have been racialised as “ethnic minorities”’. These groups make up more than 80% of the world’s population. Disabled students To be eligible to access the Disabled Students Access Fund, students must have a declared disability and have applied or be in the process of applying (where eligible) for Disabled Student Allowance (DSA). Mature students A mature student is 21 years old or older at the start of their undergraduate course.

Income related, Disability, Mature students

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The Care Leavers/Care Experienced/Estranged Student Bursary provides three payments each year and continues throughout your undergraduate degree programme. You do not need to reapply each year. To be eligible for the care leaver/care experienced bursary, the student will need to have spent at least 13 weeks of the last 5 years in local authority care prior to the start of their course. To be eligible as estranged from their parents/guardians, the student should have had no contact with their parents/guardians for at least 12 months before the start of their course and be unlikely to have a relationship with them again.

Mature students

You need to apply separately for this scholarship

The Low-Income Household Bursary provides students with two payments per year and continues throughout your undergraduate degree programme. You do not need to reapply each year. We will normally assess your household income using your Student Finance application. The income threshold for 2026/27 will be confirmed when the application period opens.

Income related

You need to apply separately for this scholarship