DMU receives funding via the Turing Scheme to specifically support students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds to participate on overseas opportunities that last between 4 weeks and 12 months.
Provided below are the categories of students that meet our definition of ‘disadvantaged’, informed by the guidelines provided by the Turing Scheme. Students that meet a minimum of one of the criteria listed below will qualify for additional funding as outlined on the DMU Global opportunity advert:
Students with low household income or low socio-economic status (including those with an annual household income of £25,000 or less) or have previously been eligible for free school meals
Students receiving Universal Credit or income-related benefits because they are financially supporting themselves or financially supporting themselves and someone who is dependent on them and living with them, such as a child or partner
Students who are care-experienced
Students who have caring responsibilities
Neither of the students’ parents can be found or it is not reasonably practicable to get in touch with either of them (estranged students)
Refugees and asylum seekers
Students with disabilities or mental health conditions
Students who are the first in their family to attend university
Those from areas where participation in higher education is low, with home address that fall within quintile 1 or 2 as per the Office for Students postcode data
Mature students
If you are unsure whether you qualify for additional funding or have questions on the aforementioned categories and how they are assessed please email dmuglobal@dmu.ac.uk.
Eligibility
Please note, that if DMU doesn’t hold existing data related to the aforementioned categories, students cannot be considered for the additional funding. This may impact international students, as DMU will use UCAS and Student Finance data to verify eligibility.
