The Waverley Scholarship in partnership with Academic Futures

Number available

Up to two.

Availability

Available for 2025 entry.

Eligibility

Candidates who are ordinarily residents in the United Kingdom of Black or Mixed-Black ethnicity or candidates who have been displaced due to conflict, persecution, or other serious human rights violations or deprivations, whether within or outside their country of origin, or candidates who have been in care in the UK at some point in their life, and faced barriers to progressing their education, and who hold an offer for either a taught or research postgraduate degree, starting in the 2025-26 academic year.

Value

Course fee plus maintenance stipend at UKRI rate.

Duration

One year in first instance with re-election for two further years, subject to the satisfactory academic progress and Governing Body approval.

How to apply

All applications in advance of the December/January deadline will automatically be considered.

Awarded by

The Queen’s College in conjunction with the University of Oxford’s Academic Futures:
– Black Academic Futures
– Refugee Academic Futures
– Care-experienced Academic Futures