UWE Cares Bursary

What it gives

living costs

up to £1,650

£1,650/year UWE Cares bursary + £500 on graduation; income-assessed, household income under £25,000

Who it is for

recognised refugee status · humanitarian protection · Ukraine or Afghan scheme

Level of study: foundation year, undergraduate

The student finance condition

Open to applicants who do receive student finance

Having no access to student finance is not a condition here: people with recognised refugee status who already receive a student loan can apply.

How to apply

You need a place first: apply to the programme and wait for an offer. Scholarship applications are only considered from people who already hold one.

Apply for an undergraduate course at UWE Bristol through UCAS and accept UWE as your firm choice
After you get an offer, upload your UKVI immigration status letter via the UWE Welcome portal, or email admissions@uwe.ac.uk with your UWE ID
Complete the UWE Cares survey sent to your Welcome portal after your offer, or email UWECares@uwe.ac.uk to be assessed
Household income is assessed by your student finance body (must be under £25,000 for the bursary/accommodation support)
If invited for accommodation support, respond to the email invitation sent by Admissions

What to prepare

UKVI immigration status confirmation letter
Household income evidence (via student finance body assessment)

How they select

application form · evidence of circumstances

There is no interview — the decision is made on documents. On most routes there are no subject entrance exams either: the main hurdle on the way into university is proving your level of English. The exceptions are medicine, dentistry and creative courses, where tests and portfolios do appear.

Dates

Can you apply now · as of 6 September 2026

Rolling admissions

Where the date comes from: “No fixed deadline — apply once you hold a UWE offer»

Deadline

Ongoing/rolling; no fixed annual deadline, income reassessed yearly

When applications open

No fixed deadline — apply once you hold and accept a UWE offer; household income is reassessed each year

For how many years

Renewed for the following years of the course, as long as you keep studying.

Ask before you apply

We do not fill in the gaps for the institution. Here is what its own page leaves unclear — these are normal questions, everyone asks them.

What happens to the payments if I am granted refugee status mid-year?

Who to write to: UWECares@uwe.ac.uk (admissions@uwe.ac.uk for immigration-status evidence)

If this scheme is not for you

See the full list of schemes — it has a filter for your status and for whether student finance is available to you.
Check whether you are entitled to student finance — if it is, a scholarship stops being the only road.
Foundation year and Access to HE — routes for people who only have a school certificate.
Education hub — where to start if you have not chosen a route yet.

About the institution

UWE Bristol runs across three campuses in Bristol — Frenchay, City and Glenside. The page does not explain how fee status itself is assessed, only that household income is checked via the student finance body.

Adults are a visible share. Roughly one student in four is over 30 (22.1%), and 34.8% are over 25.

In detail about University of the West of England (UWE Bristol): all schemes, student ages, study modes →

Source

Every fact on this page we opened and read on the institution's own site, rather than taking it from an aggregator. Checked on: 22 August 2026.

The scheme page on the institution's site →

This bursary requires the student to BE assessed by Student Finance (i.e. already have access to it) — it is NOT for asylum seekers who can't access student finance. […]