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At Lincoln, we believe that everyone should have the chance to access and thrive in higher education, no matter their background or personal circumstances. As part of our commitment to equality of opportunity – and in line with requirements set by the Office for Students – our Access and Participation Plan outlines the steps we’re taking to make university more open, fair, and supportive for students who might face extra barriers.
This includes working with schools and colleges to support their students in taking the next step, creating inspiring on-campus experiences, and ensuring our admissions process is fair and inclusive. And once here, our support continues with financial aid, academic mentoring, careers advice, and expert wellbeing services. It’s all about helping you get in, feel at home, and achieve your goals with confidence.
We’re committed to increasing access to higher education for students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential.
We’re working with schools and colleges to challenge perceptions of university and make sure young men feel supported and confident in taking the next steps into higher education.
We’re supporting ethnic minority students to progress through their studies on an equal footing with their peers, working towards closing attainment gaps.
We’re committed to ensuring disabled students have the right support to achieve their goals, tailoring interventions to understand and meet individual needs and experiences.
We’re working to remove the challenges that students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds face, helping them progress and succeed at the same rate as their peers.
We’re committed to ensuring disabled students at Lincoln have the right support to transition into graduate jobs or further study, creating a clear path for success beyond university.
Our commitment to improving access and participation starts before you enrol and continues during your time with us. From providing alternative entry routes to our courses, to offering financial, academic, and careers support, there are dedicated services in place for you.
We have developed a range of offers for our courses that recognise the different challenges facing students, designed to help level the playing field for all who want to apply to university.
Starting university is a big step, but it's important to know that you are not alone. We offer a range of financial, academic, and personal support to help you when you need it the most.
Careers and Employability provide career guidance and recruitment advice for all, with tailored support for disabled students to develop skills, explore opportunities, and strive towards future goals.
We recognise that each student has different experiences and different needs. That is why, alongside our main support resources, we have a wealth of bespoke support for students who identify as being part of an underrepresented group in higher education.
To help with the costs of going to university for the first time, we offer a range of scholarships and bursaries for eligible students. Some of these are applied directly to students through information disclosed during application, and some are available for students to apply for. The full list is available on the scholarships and bursaries site.
The University of Lincoln Scholarship is for UK students whose household income is less than £45,875/year.
The Blackburn Bursary aims to provide extra support for students coming to the University who have previously received local authority care and are defined as ‘care leavers’, as determined in the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000.
The Foyer/Supported Housing Bursary is for students who come directly from living in a Foyer or other supported housing, where they have lived between the ages of 16 to 18. Each year the Foyer Federation inform the University of students’ who intend to enrol directly from living in a Foyer.
George Major Bursaries aims to provide bursaries for students with life-limiting illnesses - a life-limiting condition is an incurable condition that will shorten a person's life, though they may continue to live an active life for many years
We provide bespoke guidance to schools and colleges across the UK, working closely with students from all backgrounds to help them explore the full range of educational opportunities to help them pursue their dreams and achieve their goals and ambitions.
Our dedicated team of advisors visits schools and colleges across the country offering expert advice and support through in-class sessions, workshops, and presentations. The team also organises online sessions and exciting events on our Brayford Pool Campus, where students can explore our first-class facilities, while experiencing what life is like as a student at the University of Lincoln.
The Wellbeing Orientation Welcome (WOW) summer school is a free event that supports students who have a diagnosis or condition which may make the transition to university more challenging. It's the perfect way to get to know the University, make friends, and have fun.
The University's Student Charter outlines our commitment to delivering a high-quality learning experience to all of our students, whoever they are and wherever they are from.
To help us with our goals of promoting access to higher education, we collect, use, and share your personal data when you participate in outreach and widening participation activities, recorded in the Higher Education Access Tracker (HEAT). Please see our privacy notice.
