Black Students’ Support Fund
The Open University is committed to driving change and in 2022 extended the Open Futures Fund to include scholarships specifically to support Black students through the Black Student Support Fund.
For more than 50 years, The Open University’s social justice mission has been breaking down barriers through its open access policy and unique distance learning model. Yet evidence shows that certain groups of students, especially Black students, have access to fewer opportunities to higher education.
The Fund helps towards improving the representation of Black students across the University and work towards closing the Degree Award Gap so that students are supported to fulfil their potential.
The Fund has already provided 97 scholarships in its first two years thanks to the inspiring OU family.
Please make a gift to the Black Student Support Fund as part of this year’s Giving Day and you will be playing a vital role as one of our incredible donors by providing a truly wonderful opportunity for 10 more Black students to have access to educational opportunities that will help break down the barriers to education and provide them with an amazing opportunity of becoming an Open University student.
