{"id":16072,"date":"2020-07-29T16:18:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T15:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ounews.co\/?p=16072"},"modified":"2020-07-29T16:18:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T15:18:39","slug":"ou-launches-bursaries-for-50-new-bame-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/around-ou\/university-news\/ou-launches-bursaries-for-50-new-bame-students\/","title":{"rendered":"OU launches bursaries for 50 new BAME students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/fees-and-funding\/open-futures-bame\">The Open University<\/a> is offering \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/fees-and-funding\/open-futures-bame\">Open Futures Bursaries\u2019<\/a> to support new OU students who identify as being from a Black, Asian, or other minority ethnic (BAME) background.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty bursaries of \u00a31,000 are available to eligible new students for the academic year 2020\/21, to be used towards study costs or other living expenses. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/fees-and-funding\/open-futures-bame\">Applications are open<\/a> until 18 September 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tim Blackman, Vice-Chancellor of The Open University said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe are committed to improving the representation of BAME communities at the OU, by providing support for the students to fulfil their potential and succeed here.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Open Futures bursaries were made possible due to the generous support of Mr Howard Brown, former treasurer of The Open University and our alumna, Mrs Elizabeth Brown BA.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16079 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shutterstock_587312540-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shutterstock_587312540-1.jpg 2302w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shutterstock_587312540-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shutterstock_587312540-1-1024x773.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shutterstock_587312540-1-768x580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shutterstock_587312540-1-1536x1159.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shutterstock_587312540-1-2048x1545.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the bursaries and if you know someone who would like apply, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/fees-and-funding\/open-futures-bame\">http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/fees-and-funding\/open-futures-bame<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Open University is offering \u2018Open Futures Bursaries\u2019 to support new OU students who identify as being from a Black, Asian, or other minority ethnic (BAME) background. Fifty bursaries of \u00a31,000 are available to eligible new students for the academic year 2020\/21, to be used towards study costs or other living expenses. 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