Welcome to Award 2021/22 The University will award a Bursary of £1000, paid as a cash award, for each full-time student entering their first year of undergraduate study from eligible Tier 1 partnership school. Tier 1 partnership schools are colleges/schools where the University has established contractual links (a full list of eligible Tier 1 Partners is available below).

Eligibility Eligible students will:

• reside in the UK eligible for home fees • be a new entrant student to the University for the 2021-22 academic year and starting on level 4 of your course • be starting on the first year of a full-time undergraduate degree that charges the full University tuition fee • have studied at an eligible Tier 1 partnership school that has signed a partnership agreement with the Outreach team and have successfully completed a full-time, NQF level 3, further education course lasting a minimum of one year, no earlier than academic year 2019/20.

Full details The bursary will be paid directly into student’s bank accounts in two instalments:

• 70% after enrolment has been completed (no later than the end of teaching week 5) • 30% at the commencement of the 2nd semester of teaching (no later than the end of teaching week 5)

Exclusions Students will not be eligible for the bursary if:

• they decline their place at the University of Gloucestershire • they do not enrol for their course • they enter the course into level 5 or above; are postgraduate, EU or international student; or studying on a franchise, hybrid or validated University of Gloucestershire course at another institution. • they hold an equivalent or higher qualification i.e. you must not already hold a qualification that is equivalent or higher to the degree that you will be undertaking • they have been awarded another University of Gloucestershire bursary or scholarship as a maximum of one scholarship only can be awarded. In the event that students have applied or are eligible for more than one scholarship they will be awarded the scholarship with the highest monetary value. o The Welcome to Gloucestershire Award can be cumulative with the Care Leaver Bursary.

Important notes • The University will terminate the award for any student who ceases to be an enrolled student of the University of Gloucestershire. If either the award or enrolment are terminated for any reason, the student must repay the University any monies overpaid, based on a pro-rata calculation from the date of the termination. • An award holder who transfers from full-time to part-time enrolment will cease to be eligible to hold the award.

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Tier 1 Partnership Schools and Colleges

Institution Name Town All Saints' , Cheltenham Cheltenham Ashton Park School Bristol Metropolitan College Birmingham Blue Coat Church of England Academy Walsall Birmingham Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Coventry Churchdown School Colton Hills Community School Wolverhampton Birmingham Birmingham Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre Birmingham College of Science Smethwick Holmleigh Park High School Gloucester Birmingham Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College Birmingham Joseph Leckie Academy Walsall Birmingham Ormiston NEW Academy Wolverhampton President Kennedy School Academy Coventry Ribston Hall High School Gloucester Academy West Bromwich Sandwell College West Bromwich Shireland Collegiate Academy Smethwick Sidney Stringer Academy Coventry South and City College Birmingham Birmingham St Edmund Campion Catholic School Birmingham St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School Bristol St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre Gloucester St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall Willenhall Birmingham Swindon Academy Swindon Tewkesbury The City Academy Bristol Bristol The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton Wolverhampton The Phoenix Collegiate West Bromwich

The University of Gloucestershire is a company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales. Registered office: The Park, Cheltenham, GL50 2RH. Together we make an unstoppable team