SPORTS
SCHOLARSHIPS
The sports scholarships are designed to develop and support talented students here at the University of Bedfordshire.
The sport scholarships on offer here provide financial and performance support services that utilise the University’s outstanding facilities.
Applications for 25/26 are now open.
To be eligible for a Sports Scholarship you must:
- Be of a regional, county, national, international standard or play in BUCS within the last 12 months.
- Successfully accepted onto one of the University’s full time courses or already on a course.
- Be a home, EU or International student.
- Be an undergraduate or postgraduate student.
If you are a coach or a sport official you can apply for the Talented Coach, Talented Official or Gold Official sport scholarship.
If you play for an individual sport (E.g. Archery, Swimming, Judo etc.) You can apply for the Talented Performance, Gold Performance or Platinum Performance sport scholarship.
If you play for a team sport (E.g. Basketball, Football, Netball, Handball etc.) You can apply for the Talented Performance, Gold Performance or Platinum Performance sport scholarship.
If you are enrolled on a School of Sport Science & Physical Activity Course and play Football or Rugby Union you can apply for the Football Gold Performance or Rugby Gold Performance sport scholarship.
For full Terms and Conditions (T&C’s) for each sport scholarship please review the T&C’s documents under ‘More information on University’s Sport Scholarship’ section.
Please note, meeting the Sport Scholarships' criteria does not guarantee being awarded a Scholarship.
The University has 8 possible sport scholarships on offer for students to apply for. They are designed to support and develop students in their chosen sports. The Scholarships are for sport performers, coaches and officials. Students may only apply for one level of performance award or one level of coach/official award in each academic year.
|
Talented |
Talented Coach / Official |
Gold Official |
Gold Perform / Football Gold Perform/ Rugby Gold Perform |
Platinum Perform |
|
|
Upfront Financial |
£200 | £200 |
£600 |
£600 |
£1,100 |
|
Sport Science Support |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Scholarship |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Sports |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
Total |
£600 |
£600 |
£1000 |
£1000 |
£1,500 |
- Talented Performance Award T&C [DOCX]
- Talented Coach/Official Award T&C [DOCX]
- Gold Official Scholarship T&C [DOCX]
- Gold Performance Scholarship T&C [DOCX]
- Football Gold Performance Scholarship T&C [DOCX]
- Rugby Union Gold Performance Scholarship T&C [DOCX]
- Platinum Performance Scholarship T&C [DOCX]
Please direct questions to sportscholarships@beds.ac.uk
If you are a coach or a sport official you can apply for the Talented Coach, Talented Official or Gold Official sport scholarship.
If you play for an individual sport (E.g. Archery, Swimming, Judo etc.) You can apply for the Talented Performance, Gold Performance or Platinum Performance sport scholarship.
If you play for a team sport (E.g. Basketball, Football, Netball, Handball etc.) You can apply for the Talented Performance, Gold Performance or Platinum Performance sport scholarship.
If you are enrolled on a School of Sport Science & Physical Activity Course and play Football or Rugby Union you can apply for the Football Gold Performance or Rugby Gold Performance sport scholarship.
For full Terms and Conditions (T&C’s) for each sport scholarship please review the T&C’s documents under ‘More information on University’s Sport Scholarship’ section.
Contact Sport
sport@beds.ac.uk - for Aspire Gym and booking enquiries
getactive@beds.ac.uk - for anything to do with the Get Active Programme
coaching@beds.ac.uk - for more information about our coaching courses, or to book onto a course
sportscholarships@beds.ac.uk - for questions regarding our Sport Scholarships
