Does anyone know anything about applying for uni bursaries if you're a foreign student?

[JoshandJamie]

My half brother will be finishing high school at the end of this year. He lives in South Africa. I desperately want my family to leave the country and if I can somehow help him find uni bursaries, they might all come. But I don't know where to start.

He wants to become a Chartered Accountant - in South Africa he'd study a Bcom Accountancy but here the courses all seem different. He plays music and is reasonably good at rowing, but I don't think that he's going to win a bursary for either of those talents because I doubt he's up with the best in the field.

Any ideas?

I think he is extremely unlikely to qualify for a bursary from a UK university as bursaries are normally reserved for UK or sometimes UK and EU applicants. As far as fees are concerned he will be considered a non-UK and non-EU resident unless he can can demonstrate that his family has been resident with "settled" status in the UK for three years before the course starts. If he is not a UK/EU resident his course fees could be around three times the level set for UK/EU students. Unless he can find a scholarship fund set up for SA students to study in the UK he will have to pay the full overseas rate for his course. Additionally,he would not be eligible for a student loan.

I work for a uni, there are often scholarships for international students (bursaries are generally for home/eu students as lilymaid has said). With my uni, the info is held with the International Office, but usually info on scholarships is fairly easy to find on public uni websites. Try a look on the chartered accountants org website for info on self-funding/sponsorship too. But I'm afraid even with part-scholarship, it's an expensive business, fees for my uni for international students are £8,500 per year! It's a major money-spinner for Uk unis.
The British Council have great advice on studying in the UK.
He'd have to live in the uk for 3 years to not be an international student btw (my sister was in this position as we moved here from oz).

Thanks for that info ladies. I will read up a bit more. Doesn't sound too promising.