The platforms strong applicants use.

The Scholarship Hub

Searchable database of UK-only scholarships. Cleanest filters of the lot, start here for funding. Now part of Blackbullion (blackbullion.com), which absorbed it in 2024.

Save the Student. Grants Search

Massive guide to UK grants, bursaries and one-off awards. Especially good for non-traditional routes.

UCAS Undergraduate Scholarships

Official UCAS scholarship database. Best for university-specific awards.

STAR Network. Sanctuary Scholarships

The most comprehensive list of UK university scholarships for refugees, asylum seekers and people with sanctuary status. Updated each cycle.

Your prospective university's funding pages

Every UK university publishes its own bursaries, hardship funds and scholarships. Most students never check. Make a shortlist of your target unis and read every funding page, this is where the hidden money sits.

Bright Network

The biggest general listings site. Spring weeks, internships, grad schemes. sign up free, never pay.

Gradcracker

STEM only

STEM-only. engineering, tech, sciences. If you're not in STEM, skip it.

TargetJobs

Detailed employer profiles + grad scheme listings. Best site for researching what an employer is actually like.

RateMyPlacement

Honest reviews from students who actually did the placement. Use it before you accept any offer.

Milkround

Long-running grad job board. Volume-heavy, less curation. useful for casting a wide net.

Prospects

Postgrad

Best resource for postgraduate routes, research career advice and job sectors you've never heard of.

Forage. Virtual Work Experience

Free virtual job simulations from top employers (banks, law firms, tech giants). A real, CV-worthy way to explore careers from your laptop.

93% Club

Undergrad and beyond

First-gen / state school

Network for the 93% of UK students who went to state school. Events, mentoring, employer access.

RARE Recruitment

Undergrad to graduate

Routes underrepresented students into top law, banking and consulting firms. Their CV review alone is worth it.

upReach

Undergraduate (Year 1+)

Income-assessed

Multi-year programme: 1-1 coaching, employer insights, professional skills. For undergrads from less-advantaged backgrounds.

SEO London

Undergraduate

Career programme for ethnic minority students into finance, tech, law and consulting. Free, prestigious.

Sutton Trust

Year 12

Income-assessed

Free summer schools, US programme, pathways to top universities. Income and state-school assessed.

Social Mobility Foundation

Year 12 through undergraduate

Income-assessed

Aspiring Professionals Programme: internships, mentoring, university support. For students from low-income backgrounds.

MyKindaFuture

Year 12 through undergraduate

Connects underrepresented students with employers via virtual experiences and live events.

Generation UK

Post-18, any stage

Free skills bootcamps into tech, healthcare and green jobs. Career-changer friendly.

UNIQ Summer School

Year 12

OxfordFirst-gen / state school

Free week-long Oxford residential for state-school Year 12s. Largest UK uni access programme.

Cambridge's free online subject super-curriculum and in-person events for state-school sixth formers.

Sutton Trust Summer Schools

Year 12

First-gen / state school

Free residential summer schools at top UK universities for Year 12 state-school students.

Realising Opportunities

Year 12-13

Income-assessed

Two-year academic programme and UCAS support. Lower offers from 15 partner Russell Group universities.

Villiers Park

Year 10-13

First-gen / state school

Subject-specific residentials and a multi-year scholar programme for high-achieving state-school students.

Zero Gravity

Year 12-13

Income-assessed

Mentoring app pairing low-income state-school sixth formers with current top-uni students. Free.