Battersea Scholarship 2023 Entry

The Battersea Scholarship will support an undergraduate student during their degree programme at the University of Surrey. To be eligible to apply the applicant must be a first year undergraduate Home/UK student who is from a care experienced background.

Criteria for care experienced is as follows:

• Living with foster carers under local authority care,
• In residential care (for example a children's home),
• Looked after at home under a supervision order,
• Or in kinship care with relatives or friends, either officially (for example a special guardianship order) or informally without local authority support.

The scholarship will provide £3,000 a year for three years of academic study, plus £3,000 for a Professional Training Year/ Placement (if taken). The Battersea Scholarship will be awarded to one successful applicant.

Open to Home/UK undergraduate students who are in their first year of studying an undergraduate degree.

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Must be a Home/UK student.
• Must be in the first year of their level 4 undergraduate programme.
• Must be care experienced.