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 ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ 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 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 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 .

Lewis-Manning Hospice Care Scholarship

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

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.

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.

Find out more about the partnership