Student Support

Supporting our students, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, is one of our key areas of focus. Student support is a constantly changing environment and we must be ready to adapt and evolve as new challenges for funding are introduced into higher education. Regular donations and endowed funds allow us to match a growing need, and enable us to maintain our goal that Selwyn is a place for all those who have the ability to be here, regardless of their financial situation. 

Undergraduates face tuition fees of £9,250 per year on top of living expenses estimated at £9,000 per year.  On graduation, therefore, the majority of our students will have incurred in excess of £50,000 of debt.  This is quite a different prospect from that enjoyed by many who studied at Selwyn in the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s, when Cambridge was able to provide grant maintained education, free from the burden of tuition fees.

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Gifts of all sizes can make a real difference to students at Selwyn, with regular donations- whether they are annual, quarterly, or monthly- and endowed funds going that extra mile in helping us plan for what support we can offer each year. Unrestricted small gifts allow us to be flexible in where the money is most needed in any given term, while with larger donations we can look at endowing more specific identified areas of need, ensuring funding is available in perpetuity for future generations. 

Legacy gifts directly benefit students at Selwyn every year. Legacies are:

• Funding Selwyn students who wouldn't otherwise be able to secure funding for a year of further study.
• Providing vacation residence grants to students from lower-income families to remain at Selwyn during the Easter vacation to continue with their studies or finish a dissertation.
• Supporting grants of up to £300 for bursary students who are preparing for the next stage of their career to help with items such as application fees, travel, clothing or other costs associated with students’ progression into their postgraduate lives.
• Delivering Matriculation book and equipment grants of £100 for all new undergraduates with a further sum of up to £250 available for lower-income students. This helps with the initial costs of being at university.
• Offering up to six Formal Hall tickets to bursary holders so they can enjoy Cambridge to the full.

You can find more information on making a legacy here.or by contacting the Major Gifts and Legacies Manager.

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