The Open University Carer’s Scholarship

The Open University’s Carers Scholarship Fund is the very first of its kind in the UK. If you are, or have recently been, an unpaid carer, the OU Carers Scholarships Fund could allow you to study an OU qualification for free.

A scholarship covers OU undergraduate credit-bearing modules and qualifications, paying for the full tuition cost of your qualification, up to 120 credits each seasonal academic year and 360 credits in total.

For more information and eligibility criteria visit: www.open.ac.uk/courses/fees-and-funding/carers-scholarship-fund 

SAAS - Living Costs Grant for Student Carers

A student carer is a student, of any age, who gives physical or emotional support, regularly, to someone who could not manage without their help. You don’t have to be in receipt of carer’s allowance. 

You care for a relative, partner or friend who has a disability, a long-term physical or mental illness or is too frail to look after themselves. The support provided includes, but not limited to personal care, practical or emotional support or help with house hold tasks. 

For more information visit: www.saas.gov.uk/guides/living-costs-grants