Teesside Sanctuary Award for Students Seeking Asylum

The Sanctuary award covers your course fees and contributes towards your other study costs through a learning bursary, which is made up of two payments within each academic year. The first is paid once you have enrolled on your course, and the second at the start of semester two. Our Sanctuary award offers support for up to five students, three on undergraduate courses and two on postgraduate courses. It is not open to postgraduate doctoral study applicants. Your current immigration status in the UK must fall into one of the below categories: you are currently seeking asylum in the UK, or are a dependant, spouse or civil partner of someone seeking asylum in the UK. You hold Limited Leave to Remain, or another form of temporary immigration status granted as a result of seeking asylum in the UK, or you are the dependant, spouse or civil partner of someone who falls into this category. You have been offered a place (conditional or unconditional) on a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate course at Teesside University before applying for the Sanctuary award and before the scholarship application deadline date. You meet any required English language conditions as part of your course offer (you will be advised if you are required to take an English language test as a condition of your offer). You are unable to access UK government student finance (tuition fee loans or maintenance loans/grants) by virtue of your immigration status. Your immigration history does not show that you have reached 'appeal rights exhausted' following an unsuccessful asylum claim (you will need to provide your written consent for us to contact UKVI to obtain a full immigration history). In addition to covering your course fees, the Sanctuary award can help to cover your other study costs (including travel, IT equipment and books) in the form of a learning bursary up to a maximum of £600 a year, paid in two instalments in each academic year.