UK Projects
Reuben Scholarship Programme
The Reuben Foundation has launched the Reuben Scholarship Programme with a Multi-Million pound endowment to assist bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds, for whom financial support is most needed, both to continue their education and see that attending university is an option very much open to them.
The Reuben Scholarship Programme consists of partnerships with Oxford, UCL and ARK Schools. Potential Reuben Scholars will be identified by the two universities from amongst those students whose backgrounds and families' income mean that receiving financial support is crucial.
The Reuben Foundation sees its partnership with ARK schools as a highly effective route to encourage inner city children to realise from an early age that a university education is a realistic and achievable option for all, regardless of circumstances.
A scheme of this nature has been something that the Reuben Foundation has wanted to create for some time. Now more than ever, given the increasing cost of attending university, the hope is that this programme will inspire others and play a role in opening doors to those who thought university was closed to them.
Lucy Heller, Managing Director of ARK Schools said: "ARK Schools' mission is to try to ensure that young people who might not have dreamed of studying at university can take up the life changing opportunities it offers. We are thrilled that the Reuben Foundation is to work with ARK Schools to help some of our students realise their ambitions."
UCL Provost Malcolm Grant said: "I am delighted that the Reuben Foundation has chosen to set up the Reuben Foundation Scholarship at UCL. At UCL we are wholeheartedly committed to ensuring that all students with the potential to achieve excellence are able to attend our institution, regardless of their background and personal circumstances. This new programme will give 15 students from underprivileged backgrounds the support they sorely need to enable them to receive a world class education and fulfil their potential. "