The Open University Care Experienced Scholarship 2025

The Open University’s Care Experienced Scholarship, in conjunction with The John Lewis Partnership launched for the first time in the 2023/2024?academic year, offering four undergraduate scholarships. In the 2025/26 academic year, we’re offering ten further undergraduate scholarships to care-experienced young people aged 30 and under.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Documents
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineJuly 30, 2025
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorThe Open University
• City to studyLondon
• School to studyThe Open University
• Eligible CountryUnited Kingdom

Benefits

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

Requirements

To be eligible, you’ll need to meet all the following criteria:

• be 30 years of age or under on 1 September 2025
• be starting OU study for the first time in the 2025/26 academic year
• be ordinarily resident in the UK and eligible for a UK fee
• hold no existing higher education qualification(s)
• be able to demonstrate proof of your experience of being in care
• have a gross personal income of not more than £25,000 per year or receive a qualifying benefit
• be studying a module as part of an undergraduate qualification in the academic year 2025/26 (1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026)
• be studying a minimum of 30 credits a year.

Interview Dates and Process

The Open University will email you by 13 August 2025 to confirm if you’re successful.

Application Documents

You will need to provide evidence of your care experience. This could be a letter from your Local Authority confirming your care leaver status or a letter from a GP, social worker, care experienced support service or other professional person from the local authority in which you were looked after. You’ll also need to provide evidence of your personal income or qualifying benefit.

Application Deadline

July 30, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to The Open University on assets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com to apply

You’ll need to download the full scholarship terms and conditions and the scholarship application form to apply.

Once completed, please email your application form and supporting evidence to the Student Fees team. You’ll find their contact details on the first page of the application form.

For more details, visit The Open University scholarship webpage.