Scholarships Merit-based
Leeds Beckett University

The Sir Bob Murray CBE Scholarship

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Any
Disciplines
1000 GBP
Grant
United Kingdom
Location
Not specified
Application deadline

About

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Overview

Scholarship type

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

Multiple

Grant

GBP 1,000

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction

Description

Sir Bob Murray CBE is the Chancellor of Leeds Beckett University, and qualified as a chartered certified accountant from our university in 1972. He is a leading businessman, and personally supports this scholarship due to his enduring passion for the transformative power of education. The Sir Bob Murray CBE Scholarship are awarded to support first year students studying accounting or finance related courses, coming from the north of England.

Applicable programmes

Benefits

The Sir Bob Murray CBE Scholarship is a cash award of £1,000 to five first year students.

Eligibility

The scholarship is open to applications from students who meet the criteria below:

  • Be the first in their immediate family to attend university.
  • Have a household income of less than £25,000.
  • Be a high achiever in their A-Level or equivalent studies, having achieved 128 UCAS points or higher.
  • Be in their first year of study of their first undergraduate degree.
  • Be studying an accounting or finance related degree.
  • Have a permanent home address in the North of England in one of the following postcodes: BD, DH, DL, HD, HG, HU, HX, LS, NE, S, SR, TS, WF, YO.

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Any

Locations

United Kingdom

Nationality

Any

Study experience required

High school

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

Not specified

Students who are eligible to apply, according to information on their student record, will be contacted via their student email address and applications will be online through MyHub. 

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