To be eligible for BSURE you must:
- be able to prove right to live and work in the UK; and
- be currently undertaking (at least in second year), or have completed, an undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a related subject at a UK or Irish university; and
- have an interest in undertaking a research postgraduate degree/ research-oriented industrial roles; and
- be on track to achieve or have achieved a final undergraduate degree grade of a 2:1 or a First in Computer Science, or a related subject; and
- have not completed or hold an offer for postgraduate study.
Preference will be given during selection to candidates who meet at least one of the following criteria:
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- be in the first generation of your family to go to university (i.e. none of your parents, stepparents or guardians have higher education qualifications); or
- be care experienced (for a period of more than 3 months); or
- have had caring responsibilities for 3 months or more occupying more than 10 hours per week; or
- be estranged from your parents/guardians; or
- have been considered as statutorily homeless and qualified for assistance under your local authority’s ‘main homelessness duty’; or
- be a refugee, stateless person, or asylum seeker, or been otherwise forcibly displaced within or outside your country of origin; or
- be from a low-income background and in receipt of more than the minimum levels of support detailed from your regional funding body; or
- belong to a travelling community that includes the Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showman and Boater communities; or
- are a veteran, child of the military or partner of the military.
The University of Birmingham is committed to increasing the participation of students from underrepresented backgrounds across all its programmes.