Attending university can open many doors. Students have lots of opportunities to travel during the vacation to enhance their education or provide experiences to help them secure a career path after their degree. At Corpus Christi, we offer our students travel grants to help support them with this.
Travel Grants
Each term, undergraduate students can apply for a travel grant. The maximum grant awarded over a period of study is £450 with an additional £150 available to students who study for a four-year degree, instead of a three-year degree. The trip must, in general, have some academic purpose (but not be part of your course). This could include an internship, work experience, research placements. The College will also consider non-academic but broadly educational valuable trips, for example a volunteering project or cultural exchanges.
Expanding Horizons Scholarships
Established in 2017, this programme is open to all current undergraduates and graduates, including final-year students. Each year, it awards up to three students with scholarships of up to £5,000.
These funds give the recipients the chance to spend four to eight weeks abroad during the summer vacation. The aim is for the student to experience broad educational, professional and vocational value beyond the scope of their academic course at Oxford, building connections to form a basis for greater understanding and shared purpose, allowing the recipient to expand their horizons.
Sharpston Travel Grant
An annual travel scholarship worth £600 for travel anywhere in the world that will advance a student’s learning and/or intellectual development.
Palmer Travel Grant
A biennial scholarship of up to £600 for travel to Europe for a period of two or three weeks; the travel should be related to a project over the summer vacation and have an academic benefit.