News

• The Library is displaying books from its latest online reading list: ‘The Migrant Journey’, from 25 April–9 May, on Level 2. This Library List is based on recommendations from the Migration Museum, featuring a combination of biographies, non-fiction and fiction. The list brings together a collection of stories from multicultural backgrounds to provide a vibrant selection of readings to challenge preconceptions, represent and raise visibility.

• VIDEO: Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Migration - A short explainer

• Bath STAR launch a joint Refugee IT teaching project pilot

• A message from the Vice-Chancellor about the invasion of Ukraine

• How you can support the people of Ukraine

• Security and violent crime cannot be an argument against humane refugee policies – new study

• Equal Access at Bath: Campaign launched to fund undergraduate scholarships for asylum seekers

• Washing machine project for refugees to expand to more countries

• Student initiative aims to rehumanise refugees and asylum seekers through power of personal stories

• How University action and support is helping refugees and asylum seekers to build a better life

Upcoming events

What's on over the coming months:

• Bath Welcomes Refugees has been selected by students as one of Bath RAG’s Big 4 (thesubath.com) charities for 2021/22. This means they will receive funds from student-led fundraising events.

Past events

Some of our past events include:

• One Young World Bath 2021 (7 March 2021)
• Workers, Rebels and LGBT Refugees: From the Syrian Civil War to the European Refugee Crisis (November 2019)
• Exploring Conflict Through Art (July 2019)
• The experiences of unaccompanied children in the UK asylum system (May 2019)
• Refugees' experiences of grieving the dead (February 2019)
• Migrants trapped in Libya: Is detention and Human Rights’ abuse the ‘solution’? (February 2019)
• Child trafficking: Children's voices informing practice (November 2018)
• ICHEM seminar: ‘Higher Education, Global Wellbeing and the Refugee Crisis’ (September 2015)

Students have regular one-to-one meetings to talk about how they’re getting on and to make sure support is available from across the institution, whether it be from Wellbeing, Academic Skills, Careers, Accommodation, or somewhere else.

Undergraduate students with UK refugee or humanitarian protection status may be eligible for a Refugee Bursary.

This offers:

• £1,000 per academic year
• £1,000 to help with start-up costs
• £1,000 on graduation

They also have access to means-tested bursaries and support including the Gold Scholarship Programme (GSP), Bath Bursary, and Income Related Scholarships. One GSP is ‘ring-fenced’ for refugee applicants.

We also offer two Postgraduate Sanctuary Scholarships per year to support students who are seeking asylum to study for a Postgraduate Taught (PGT) Masters. The scholarships provide a full tuition fee waiver and £15,609 bursary to cover living costs. These scholarships are jointly funded by Alumni donations, UCU, the University International Office, and academic departments.

We have recently launched an Undergraduate Sanctuary Scholarship (bath.ac.uk) for the 2023/24 academic year. The scholarship provides a full fee waiver and a bursary of £5000 per year. The Undergraduate Sanctuary Scholarship has been made possible by generous donations from the staff, student, and alumni community.