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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Home fee waiver
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The scholarship covers tuition fees at the Home rate for the duration of the recipient’s undergraduate studies, normally three years. Applicants from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and those who are the first in their family to attend university are prioritised.
Benefits
Home fee waiver for the duration of the awardee's studies.
Eligibility
All candidates eligible for the Edmund Boyo Scholarship must:
- Have accepted an unconditional or firmly accepted a conditional offer from the University of Kent to study Bachelor of Law (with Honours).
- Be a Home fee paying student.
- Be from the Black ethnic group.
- Applicants must have applied for a tuition fee loan from Student Finance England and be able to provide evidence as a part of their scholarship application. Applicants from a lower socio-economic background will be prioritised.
- Applicants being the first in their family to attend university will also be prioritised.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Law
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Applicants must apply via KentVision, where they must provide a statement of no more than 500 words, describing their motivations for study at the University of Kent and how the scholarship will support their studies.
The successful applicant will be chosen on the basis of:
Demonstration of financial hardship (The student must have made an application for student support to Student Finance England. Student Finance England use the student’s household income to assess whether the student is eligible to receive a bursary. If the student is eligible to receive a bursary, then they will have demonstrated socio-economic need as required by the criteria of the scholarship).
A level results or equivalent.
Strength of 500 word statement,