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York St John University
Support us
With you we can do more.
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Why we need you
Your donations will go towards supporting students facing significant barriers to study, allowing them access to education.
In the 2023/24 academic year, you supported 10 new scholarships which included carers, parents, mature students, and those estranged from their families. Despite our increase in scholarship provision for this academic year, we still had to turn down 63% of applications.
With your support, we can do more and help open the doors of higher education, allowing more students to reach their full potential.
"Thinking the only option to be financially secure was to leave University and get a full-time job, I spoke with the funding team. They were so helpful and suggested I applied for the scholarship. Hearing I had received the scholarship was monumental! The difference the money made to myself, and my family was unmeasurable."
Finances should not be a barrier to education. You can help students of all ages and backgrounds by donating towards an Alumni-funded scholarship.
Hear from our scholars Former Welcome Back to Education scholar
Hearing I had received the scholarship was monumental! The difference the money made to myself, and my family was unmeasurable.
Hear from our donors Alum 1964-1967
My support as an alum, I hope will address whatever needs are there to help students at a particular moment.
Hear from our scholars Former scholar and 2017 graduate
I was so grateful to have received the scholarship; thank you. It helped me push through a difficult time in my life and enabled me to successfully reach my ambition to develop a career in the field of counselling and hopefully have a positive impact upon others.
Hear from our donors Former Head of School of Linguistics and Social Sciences
Leaving a gift in my will to encourage this approach is for me, really a “no-brainer”, especially if the money will be used specifically to support students from backgrounds and contexts traditionally under-represented at university.
Hear from our scholars Current Welcome Back to Education scholar
The funding has helped to provide me and my son a lovely, homely environment that is safe but also helps me to concentrate on my work at University. Without this funding it would have taken me years to save up the money to make my home a more effective study space.
Hear from our donors York St John’s first Vice Chancellor
I think giving them the chance and the support they need to really make the best of their time here does make a difference and they then go on to make a difference back. They become amazing people, the people they always could have been with the engagement with York St John.
Other ways to support us
Submit a snapshot and profile of your time at York St John University and your journey since graduating. Celebrate your successes and inspire graduating students.
We celebrate the varied careers of alumni and remind our students of what they have to look forward to after they have finished their studies.
Through our webinar programme, we are celebrating our alumni, showcasing their achievements, listening to their careers stories and learning how they continue to achieve their goals.
If you would like to be a part of future webinar series please contact the Alumni team by emailing alumni@yorksj.ac.uk or by calling 01904 876 741.
There are many ways you can offer opportunities to support our current students. Find out more by visiting our work with our students page.
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Ways to donate
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