University of Chichester

Other eligibility requirements You are eligible for the Care Leavers Package if you are under 25 and have been ‘in care’ with any local authority for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14. However this is not a hard-and-fast rule and any student with a care background may apply. The University’s Review Panel will consider each application on a case by case basis. This package includes: A Care Leavers Bursary – for details of this bursary see our Financial Support Package page. The offer of university accommodation 365 days a year, charged at the current rate (subject to campus accommodation requests being received by our Accommodation Office by 31 May), so you can settle and stay in halls throughout your time at university. A named Student Wellbeing Adviser to speak to, if you wish, during your studies. Support from the Care Leavers Coordinator, who will be a central point of contact for advice and information. Advice and guidance during the admissions process and throughout your course.

Mature students

You need to apply separately for this scholarship

If you have been in local authority care, then please tell us on your UCAS application, or via an alternative entry route. We will forward your details to our Care Leavers Coordinator. We will then ask you for some information relating to your time in care and permission to contact the relevant local authority. Once this is received your application for the Care Leavers Package will go before our Care Leavers Review Panel who will consider such applications on an individual basis. If successful you will be offered all elements of the package, each of which is optional.

Celebrating and rewarding academic excellence, the Global Distinction Scholarship is a merit-based award, designed for top-performing international applicants across all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Details: No application required: eligible students are automatically considered. Open to all non-UK nationals, excluding those in receipt of the University of Chichester EU/EEA Scholarship. Available for both undergraduate and postgraduate applicants. Scholarship fee discount applies to your first year of study only. Applicants may only receive one University of Chichester scholarship. Recipients are selected by a panel They will be notified by email that they have been awarded the scholarship Terms and conditions Open to Overseas fee payers only (Home fee-payers are not eligible) Recipients cannot claim any other University of Chichester awards, including alumni or Early Bird discounts Only available to self-funded students. Not available to students in receipt of external scholarships or to sponsored students The scholarship fee discount applies to the first year of study only

Academic excellence

You will be automatically considered for scholarship eligibility when you apply for the relevant course at this institution

No application required: eligible students are automatically considered.