BCU Travel Bursary – Terms and Conditions
1. About the scheme
The BCU Travel Bursary has been designed to help students from selected Midlands schools and colleges with the cost of travelling to Birmingham City University during their first year of study.
Eligible students will receive a bursary of up to £750, paid across their first year of study in three instalments.
2. Eligibility criteria
To qualify for the BCU Travel Bursary, you must:
a) Be a home fee payer
b) Be studying at one of the following schools or colleges during the 2026/27 academic year:
- Birmingham Metropolitan College
- Cadbury Sixth Form College
- Central Saint Michael's Sixth Form
- City of Wolverhampton College
- Coventry College
- Dudley College of Technology
- Halesowen College
- Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
- Sandwell College
- Shireland Biomedical UTC
- Shireland Collegiate Academy
- Shrewsbury Sixth Form College
- Solihull College
- Solihull Sixth Form College
- South and City College Birmingham
- Telford College
- Walsall College
- Worcester Sixth Form College
- WQE College
c) Apply to and accept an offer for an undergraduate course at Birmingham City University, starting in September 2027 or January 2028.
d) Receive your Level 3 results in the 2026/27 academic year for qualifications you are taking for the first time. Applicants applying with qualifications they already hold, or who have deferred a previous application, are not eligible.
e) Be given a confirmed place on an eligible undergraduate course at Birmingham City University.
f) Enrol at Birmingham City University in the 2027/28 academic year. Students who defer their place will not automatically retain eligibility for the Travel Bursary.
3. Eligible courses and exclusions
The bursary is available to students studying undergraduate courses delivered directly by Birmingham City University.
The bursary is not available for:
- Two-year foundation degrees (note that degrees with foundation year entry are included in this scheme)
- HNC and HND courses
- Courses delivered by BCU partners
- Fast-track or accelerated degrees
- Part-time courses
- Professional Practice and CPD courses
- Short courses (credit-bearing and non-credit-bearing)
- Apprenticeships
- Distance learning and online courses
You will be eligible whether you apply through the main UCAS cycle or through Clearing.
4. Bursary payments
The bursary is worth up to £750 and will be paid in three instalments across your first year of study.
Payments are subject to you remaining enrolled on an eligible course.
5. Staying eligible
To receive each instalment, you must remain enrolled on your course and continue to engage with your studies.
You will no longer be eligible for the bursary if you:
- Withdraw from your course.
- Take a break from your studies (interrupt or suspend your studies).
- Are no longer enrolled at Birmingham City University.
- Transfer onto a course that is not eligible for the scheme.
- Are found to have provided incorrect or misleading information relating to your eligibility.
- Fail to maintain satisfactory engagement with your studies.
Birmingham City University reserves the right to recover any bursary payments made in error.
6. General terms and conditions
- You can only receive one BCU scholarship. If you are eligible for more than one BCU scholarship, we will automatically award you the larger scholarship.
- No separate application is required for the BCU Travel Bursary. Students who meet the eligibility criteria will be contacted after enrolment.
- The University reserves the right to request evidence in support of an eligibility check.
- Eligibility will be determined using the information provided during the admissions and enrolment process.
- The University's decision regarding eligibility is final.