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Academic Futures is our flagship graduate scholarship programme that supports under-represented students at the University of Oxford.
Applicants may have faced structural inequalities in early education, lost their homes or never had a stable home to begin with.
Through Academic Futures, you can support brilliant students who have overcome significant obstacles. Your gift will provide flexible scholarship funding for those most in need, enabling them to embark on graduate study at Oxford and unlock their full potential.
The programme began in 2020, focussing on Black Academic Futures, aiming to increase the number of UK Black and Mixed-Black doctoral students. It has since expanded to support other under-represented groups such as refugees and care experienced applicants.
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Black Academic Futures
Oxford has made considerable progress in increasing the representation of UK Black students at the undergraduate level. However, they remain under-represented at the graduate level, both at Oxford and across the higher education sector.
The Black Academic Futures scholarship programme offers financial support to UK Black graduate students, reinforcing the University’s commitment to addressing race equality, and combatting discrimination.
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Care Experienced Academic Futures
Students who have had experience of being in care often lack the encouragement and financial backing to continue into graduate study.
The Care-Experienced Academic Futures Scholarships offers financial support to students who have experienced being in care, enabling them to pursue graduate study at Oxford and fulfil their full potential.
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Refugee Academic Futures
Many displaced people have overcome significant obstacles to access and excel in their education but lack the support and funding to continue to graduate study.
The Refugee Academic Futures Scholarships offer financial support to pursue graduate study at Oxford to students who are refugees or other people with lived experience of displacement.
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