The examination board OCR offers a Bursary Scheme for students from the West Midlands studying at the University of Cambridge. Ten bursaries, each worth £3,000 per year, are available to new undergraduate students.
You are eligible to apply for a bursary if you meet the following criteria:
- You have completed, or are completing, an OCR qualification at a school, sixth form college or FE college within a West Midlands local authority area (these are Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Hereford, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, and Worcestershire).
- You are eligible for Home (UK) fee status.
- You have been offered a place on an undergraduate degree course at the University of Cambridge.
- You have not been awarded funding or sponsorship from any other organisation or scheme (except your student loan and the Cambridge Bursary Scheme).
Further details can be found on the .
The deadline to apply is normally early May - check the OCR website for the exact date once the information for this year is published.