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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
50% tuition fee waiver + £3,500
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Established in 2016 in honour of Stephen Lawrence, the scholarship aims to improve access to professional careers for students facing social or economic disadvantage.
It supports first-year students enrolled on selected programmes and is intended to remove financial barriers to higher education. Three scholarships are awarded each year.
Benefits
50% tuition fee reduction.
£3,500 cash bursary per academic year for the duration of the course.
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Be entering Year 1 (Level 4) of an eligible undergraduate programme.
- Be from a disadvantaged background.
- Have a household income below £25,000, as assessed by the relevant UK student finance authority.
Be studying one of the following courses:
- Architecture BA (Hons)
- Architectural Technology BSc (Hons)
- Criminology BA (Hons)
- Education Studies BA (Hons)
- Health and Wellbeing in Society BA (Hons)
- Journalism BA (Hons)
- Law LLB (Hons)
- Psychology BSc (Hons).
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Eligible applicants are contacted directly by the University.
Applicants invited to apply must submit:
- A scholarship application form.
A personal statement describing:
- barriers they have overcome;
- extracurricular activities;
- why they should receive the scholarship.
- An academic reference.
- Evidence of household income (via Student Finance assessment).