We want to reach, support and fund as many of the best students as possible from all backgrounds, to ensure that affordability is not a barrier to being able to study here, to help our students succeed and thrive during their time here and equip them for life after Cambridge.
The King’s Student Access and Support Initiative is enabling permanent change that is transforming our ability to improve access and ensure that students with talent and tenacity are welcomed, valued and thrive here.
The Supplementary Exhibition Fund plays a vital role in supporting King’s students throughout their undergraduate career, often providing a crucial safety net.
Student hardship at graduate level is an acute problem. There are now fewer grants available and less student loan availability, both of which penalise students from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. We need to be able to fund more MPhil studentships, and ensure that the lifeblood of Cambridge’s academic success, our world-class research students, are supported by endowed PhD studentships.
Why We Need Your Support
For too many of the most able students who could thrive at Cambridge, there are real or perceived barriers to coming here. We must improve access to middle and lower income students and combat entrenched social and economic disadvantage. Watch and listen to our staff and students talk about what King's is doing to tackle this inequity, and what benefits the encouragement of applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures can bring to the College community:
The King's Campaign - Encouraging the Brightest and the Best
Ahead of the launch of the King's Campaign, our staff and students talk about some of the benefits that the encouragement of applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures can bring to the College community.The King's Campaign is our ambitious plan to raise £100 million in order to improve student access, to enhance our capacity as a provider of world-class research, and to maintain our renowned historic buildings, such as the Chapel.To donate to our Student Access and Support Initiative, please visit:
