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The Paul Winters Sociology Scholarship
University Rank:#537
The Paul Winters Sociology Scholarship
Available
About
- Funding AmountGBP ( 9000 )
- Funding Durationtotal
- Apply Date2024-2025
- GenderBoth
- Destination CountriesUnited Kingdom
- Scholarship TypesTuition Fees
- Number Of Scholarships1 Scholarship
- CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Study LevelsBachelor, Diploma Certificate, Diploma, Certificate, Advanced Diploma, Foundation, Career Based/Vocational
DegreesPsychology and Sociology
Requirements
Additional Requirements
To be eligible for the Paul Winters Scholarship you must: Be a UK/Home applicant. Have a household income of under £40,000. Achieve at least 144 points (or equivalent) from your best three qualifications, for example AAA at A Level or DDD at BTEC. Apply for, and be accepted onto, BSc Sociology, to begin at the Newcastle Upon Tyne campus on a Full-Time basis. Choose Northumbria as your firm choice. Meet all individual course entry requirements. Be a self-funded student (i.e. not in receipt of sponsorship or other funding for the payment of fees, such as employer funding). Apply for one or more elements of the Government Student Finance package (for example, tuition fee loan, maintenance loan) in order for your application to be means-tested. Register with Student Finance England (SFE), Student Finance Wales (SFW) or Student Finance Northern Ireland (SFNI). As a Scottish student, register with Student Award Agency for Scotland (SAAS) and apply to be means-tested for maintenance funding, in order that SASS can send your data to Student Finance England. Agree to share consent via your Government Finance Provider with Northumbria University.
Selection Process
Students who are eligible for the Paul Winters Scholarship will be identified by Northumbria University post-enrolment, there is no separate application form
If more than one student is eligible based on their point score, we will look at the 10 best overall point scores and following this, the successful student will be chosen on the strength of their UCAS personal statement which will be assessed by the course academic .
How to Apply
Students selected for the Paul Winters Scholarship will not be eligible for any other Undergraduate scholarship schemes
The Paul Winters Scholarship is awarded as cash
Payments will be made as 25% of total in November 2022, 25% of total in February 2023 and 50% of total in May 2023 and in these months in subsequent years
Funding is provided on an annual basis, to a total of £9,000, based on the successful student progressing to the next year of study
If you choose to undertake a placement year, the scholarship will not be paid in this year
The successful student will be required to send a thank you letter to the donor
The successful student will be expected to provide yearly progress updates with the donor as appropriate
If you do not provide a thank you letter and progress updates to the donor, the scholarship will be withdrawn
If the successful student defers their place at Northumbria University before the scholarship has been paid, the scholarship offer will be withdrawn
If the successful student decides to leave the course after the scholarship payment has been made the University will not make efforts to reclaim the amount, however any subsequent payments will be cancelled and the scholarship offer will be withdrawn
The University's decision is final and cannot be challenged there is no right of appeal.