We are grateful for the kind and generous support of our partners in enabling us to deliver life-changing opportunities for students, and ground-breaking research and educational projects.
Alumni-funded studentships
Our alumni support BU in so many ways. Current financial support programmes, funded by our graduates, include:
- Grants to support final-year students who are also single parents
- A hardship fund for students on tourism programmes
- A placement opportunity fund for students on tourism programmes.
Aziz Foundation grants for Muslim students
We have partnered with the Aziz Foundation to provide Muslim students enrolling on selected postgraduate courses with funding to cover their tuition fees. We have committed to supporting up to three students per year through this partnership, which also includes great opportunities for mentoring and development.
ESET Women in Cyber Studentship
We are partnering with digital security company ESET to provide three female students enrolling on an undergraduate programme in cyber security with a £5k studentship. This is part of ESET’s work to attract more women to train for and join the cyber industry.
ICAEW Foundation Bursary
One finance and accounting student is benefiting from financial support across the three years of their degree programme, with funding provided by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Lewis-Manning Hospice Care Scholarship
Lewis-Manning Hospice Care is a charity helping people with life-limiting illnesses and their families across East Dorset and the Purbecks. For the past three years, the charity has provided five, final-year adult nursing students with an interest in end-of-life and palliative care with a £3,000 grant.
OpenBright Foundation Grants
OpenBright provides funding to support women to explore new ideas and innovative research. The charity offers small grants to help female students develop university-level research projects in computing and IT-related subjects. As a university partner, BU’s students are eligible to apply for funding each year.
REACH Events Management Studentship
BU is a university partner for the REACH Events Management Scholarship programme, which aims to increase ethnic diversity in the events industry. Through this programme we are offering two students from Black, Asian and under-represented minorities, enrolling on our BA (Hons) Events Management programme, with a £5,000 a year studentship. The studentships are funded by:
Santander Universities
BU’s partnership with Santander Universities began in 2009 and, since then, more than £1m in funding has been given to support projects from internships to international travel and student hardship.