Undergraduate Grants and Scholarships Principles

The University has a scholarship scheme and grants scheme which applicants are eligible for. The following principles are applied to both schemes:

1. Applicants can be awarded both a scholarship and grant if they meet the qualifying criteria as follows. For the scholarship scheme applicants must:

 Have firmly accepted a conditional or unconditional place on a qualifying BCU undergraduate course by 4 May 2016. All nursing courses and degrees in midwifery, diagnostic radiography, radiotherapy, speech and language therapy, medical ultrasound and operating department practice [Dip HE and BSc (Hons)] are excluded and do not count as a qualifying course. Only courses beginning in September 2016 qualify.  Be resident in the UK.  Be in receipt of or be predicted to get 320 UCAS tariff points or above. They must meet this qualification level at the point of enrolment.  Be among the highest tariff points scoring students within their relevant Faculty on entry.  Outline their commitment to the course/subject in a written piece. This varies per Faculty as follows:

Faculty Piece of written work

Faculty of Arts, Design and Media (ADM) Additional piece of written work based on enterprise – more information about ADM scholarships

Faculty of Business, Law and Social Personal statement (within application) Sciences

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and The Personal statement (within application) Built Environment

Faculty of Health, Education and Life Personal statement (within application) Sciences

 Fully enrol by the end of September 2016.  Maintain a 2:1 average during their course (although the first year’s payment may, at our discretion, by awarded before the average is calculated). Grants scheme:

 Applicants must be a current student at one of our 30 Partner Schools or Colleges (listed at the end of this document) when they accept their offer.  The applicants’ family income must be less than £25,000 a year based on Student Finance ’s household income criteria. Other than the combination of the grants and scholarship schemes, these awards are not available in conjunction with any other entrance scholarship, grant or bursary awarded by City University.

2. The £3,000 scholarship will be awarded as £1,000 for each year of undergraduate study. No cash award will be paid for sandwich years or courses of more than three year duration.

3. The £1,000 grant will be awarded as one-off payment in the first year of undergraduate study.

4. The cash award(s) will be given in January 2017 provided the student has remained enrolled upon, and engaged with, their course of study. Funding will not be paid to students who have discontinued. Funding will not normally be paid to students who have interrupted their study.

5. If an applicant withdraws their application or refuses a scholarship the Faculty will consider other applicants for the scholarships. Candidates will be considered firstly from the Faculty’s waiting list.

6. Exceptionally, a course, for which an applicant has obtained a scholarship, may be withdrawn before its intended start date. In these circumstances the applicant will retain their scholarship subject to being accepted on an alternative qualifying course, to start within the same academic year, in the same Faculty.

7. There is no appeals process for those applicants unsuccessful in their scholarship application.

8. The student consents to completing written or video testimonials/profiles/case studies/blogs, as determined in consultation with the University’s Marketing and Communications Department.

Full list of our Partner Schools or Colleges

Arthur Terry Birmingham Metropolitan College Bordesley Girls College Broadway Cadbury Sixth Form College CTC Kinghurst Academy College Great Barr Halesowen College Hamstead Hall Highfields Joseph Chamberlain 6th Form College Joseph Leckie King Edward V1 College, Stourbridge King Edwards Sheldon Lordswood Girls North Warwickshire & Hinckley College Academy College South And City College, Birmingham St Thomas More, Willenhall College Swanshurst The Sixth Form College, Solihull Warwickshire College Wolverhampton College