Support for Estranged Students

To be eligible for support we may ask you for evidence of your Estranged Student status. Estranged students are young people aged under 25 by the course start date who are studying without the support and approval of a family network. Young people in this position often have no contact at all with their family and have removed themselves from a dysfunctional situation.

To help you get to QMU, we can provide you with:

• Advice on routes through education, including college opportunities
• Support to complete your UCAS application and Personal Statement
• A guaranteed offer* to the course you have applied for at the minimum entry requirement

We will try, wherever possible, to guarantee you a place on the specific course you have applied to, but this will not be possible in every circumstance. 

It might not be possible to offer you a place on your chosen course if, for example:

 - it is a course with lots of applicants and not many places;

- places are strictly limited by the Scottish Government (e.g. Education Studies (Primary), Nursing, Paramedic Science).

In some subject areas minimum entry requirements also include successful performance at interview or audition, or a successful portfolio assessment. Where entry to a course is determined largely by interview, audition, portfolio assessment or similar, we will guarantee your progression to that stage of the application process.

Your performance at this stage will determine whether you are offered a place. 

Once you arrive at QMU we can offer you:

• Individualised advice about funding and financial support
• Priority places on transition and support activities such as QMAdvance and QMConnect
• Extended leases in accommodation
• Priority access to opportunities for paid employment on campus

Please contact Gayle Green, ggreen@qmu.ac.uk, Widening Participation Officer (Support), if you would like to find out more about how we can support you at QMU.