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The Welford Investments Scholarship

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The Welford Investments Scholarship is generously funded by Petar and Patricia Cvetkovic and will support and undergraduate student studying either a business psychology course. Funds of £3,000 are awarded each year, for the second and third year of study.

The award aims to support academically able students, who may have faced barriers to attending university, to obtain an excellent degree outcome in their programme. Ultimately, the scholarship aims to ease financial pressures so that students can balance study and external pressures, allowing them to achieve their full potential. The donors also hope that the Scholarship would allow the recipient greater time and opportunities to take part in activities beyond their study, whether this is joining a sporting team or taking a prominent role in one of Â鶹´«Ã½'s other societies.

 You must be a UK student, in the second year of a full-time undergraduate degree in September 2024.

  1. Applications will be prioritised where household Income has been assessed by student finance as £50,000 or below
  2. You must be enrolled on, and attending an eligible course when the payments are made. Students who transfer to a non-eligible course will cease to be eligible and payments will be prorated up to the point of eligibility.

  1. Eligibility criteria for scholars and applicants

    1. You must be a UK student, in the second year of a full-time undergraduate degree in September 2024
    2. be a home/fee paying student — have a UK Student Support Number (English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish students)
    3. apply online to be income assessed by Student Finance.
    4. demonstrate financial need — household income must indicate that students are eligible for means-tested support from Student Finance with a household income of up to and including £50,000
    5. be paying tuition fees under the new tuition fee regime of £9,250
    6. be self-funding — your course of study must not be externally funded
    7. No other form of donor or university funded scholarship may be applied in conjunction with this Scholarship.
    8. You must be enrolled on, and attending an eligible course when the payments are made. Students who transfer to a non-eligible course will cease to be eligible and payments will be prorated up to the point of eligibility

  2. Terms and conditions

    1. This scholarship is not transferrable.
    2. Awards to part-time students will be made on a pro-rata basis.
    3. Student funding record must be in a position for the scholarship allocation to be made and paid, This means that the following criteria must have been met: a) Your completed student finance application must have been assessed and finalised by SFE, SFW, SFNI, SAAS (no income related awards will be awarded on provisional financial assessments) b) You must have signed and returned your student declaration form to the SLC. c) Your SFE, SFW, SFNI, SAAS record must be available to Â鶹´«Ã½. Therefore you must have given student finance permission* for your information to be shared with the university. d) You must ensure that your parents/sponsors have given student finance their permission for their information to be shared with Â鶹´«Ã½. Permission/consent from you and/or your parents can be given by calling SFE on 0300 100 0612 e) The data held on your student finance record must meet the award eligibility criteria. f) Once deemed eligible for the award, if your SFE record is not in a position for allocation and/or payment to be made, your payment will be delayed or not made at all.
    4. The Bursary will be paid in two instalments, one in December and one in April of each academic year (maximum of three years).
    5. Any scholarship/bursary payments made by Â鶹´«Ã½/ Student Loans Company (SLC) after a student has interrupted their studies or withdrawn from the university will normally be recovered from the student.
    6. Any bursary or scholarship payment made by Â鶹´«Ã½/ SLC in error OR paid as a result of false information submitted will normally be recovered from the student.
    7. If a payment is not received, it is the responsibility of the student to urgently contact the Student Finance and Welfare team at Â鶹´«Ã½, so that the non-payment can be investigated. The deadline for the payment of scholarships is the end of the summer term. For the next academic year this will be 16 June 2023. No further awards will be made after this date. Please note: do NOT leave any queries about non-payment until the deadline, as it may take time to investigate and resolve your query.
    8. Payments are triggered via Â鶹´«Ã½ returning a positive registration and attendance confirmations at the relevant points. This process is carried out automatically on your behalf. Students whose SFE, SFW, SFNI, SAAS record is not in a position to have their attendance confirmed will experience a delay in payment.
    9. Â鶹´«Ã½ reserves the right to revise or amend these eligibility criteria and terms and conditions at any time without prior notice. The information provided above must be used in conjunction with award specific information on our Scholarships and Bursaries.

  3. How to apply

    Applications are currently closed

  4. Further information

    If you have any further queries please contact the Development and Alumni Engagement Scholarships Team, via: Email: DAEscholarships@dmu.ac.uk

Applications currently closed