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Eligibility

This programme is primarily designed for undergraduate students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.  

Essential criteria (all required): 

• A resident in the UK and eligible to pay UK home fees.  

• Have, or expect to have and be able to prove right to live and work full-time in the UK for the duration of the programme.  

• Are within the penultimate year of their undergraduate degree or have already completed an undergraduate degree in computer science, or AI facilitatory-related technical field.  

• Is not currently studying or has studied a master’s or PhD.  

Socioeconomic criteria (at least one required): 

• Have been eligible for free school meals.  

• Lives in an area in the lowest two deciles according to a postcode measure such as IMD or POLAR.  

• Have at some stage been in local authority care.  

• Be in receipt of full state support for maintenance for their course of undergraduate study.